Work on the invisible

 Work in the invisible world at least as hard as you do in the visible.

Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi

Three Companions

In this world you have three companions:

one is faithful, the others are treacherous.
The latter are friends and possessions;
the faithful one is excellence in deeds.
Your wealth won't come with you out of your palace;
your friend will come, but only as far as the grave.

When the day of doom comes to meet you,
your friend will say, "I've come this far, but no farther.
I will stand a while at your grave."

Your deeds alone are faithful: make them your refuge,
for they alone will accompany you into the depths of the tomb.

Mathnawi of Maulana Jalal al-Din al-Rumi

Remembrance of God

Remembrance of God instills in us a desire for the journey, and makes us into travellers.
Divan-i Shams

Blame

People of the world don't look at themselves, and so they blame one another.
Maulana Rumi

Are you awake?

Whosoever is awake (to the material world) is the more asleep (to the spiritual world); his wakefulness is worse than his sleep.
[Mathnavi]

Give Thanks

When you feel pain, give thanks to God, for this pain in His hand, is beneficial.
When He pleases, pain becomes joy, & fetters become freedom.
(Mathnavi of Maulana Rumi)