Ray Buckner

“When someone beats a rug,
the blows are not against the rug,
but against the dust in it.”
― Rumi Jalalu'l-Din

“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”
― Jean de La Fontaine, Fables

“The minute I heard my first love story,
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi, The Illuminated Rumi

“You are a volume in the divine book
A mirror to the power that created the universe
Whatever you want, ask it of yourself
Whatever you’re looking for can only be found
Inside of you”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi, The Rubais of Rumi: Insane with Love