Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow.

Rumi

If you are 15 minutes early, you are on time. If you are on time, you are late and if you are late, you didn"t want to be there. read more

- Anonymous
- Thought Minutes Early Time Late Want

So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men. read more

- Voltaire
- Thought Long People Do Care Exercise Their Freedom Those Wish Tyrannize for Tyrants Active Ardent Devote Themselves Name Any Number Gods Religious Otherwise Put Shackles Upon Sleeping Men

The burden of the self is lightened when I laugh at myself. read more

- Rabindranath Tagore
- Thought Burden Self Lightened Laugh Myself

Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life"s search for love and wisdom. read more

- Rumi
- Thought Grief Garden Compassion Keep Heart Open Everything Pain Become Greatest Ally Life Search for Love Wisdom

You suppose that you are the lock on the door. But you are the key that opens it. read more

- Rumi
- Thought Suppose Lock Door Key Opens

Happy is the moment, when we sit together, with two forms, two faces, yet one soul, you and I. read more

- Rumi
- Thought Happy Moment Sit Together Two Forms Faces Yet Soul