"Beauty surrounds us...." - Quote by Rumi

“If you want money more than anything, you'll be bought and sold. If you have a greed for food, you'll be a loaf of bread. This is a subtle truth: Whatever you love, you are.”

“Longing is the core of mystery. Longing itself brings the cure. The only rule is, suffer the pain. Your desires must be disciplined And what you want to happen in time, sacrificed.”

“Go my friendbestow your loveeven on your enemiesif you touch their heartswhat do you think will happen.”

“True works of art are a manifestation of the higher laws of nature.”

“When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are blind to beauty.”

“A look which reveals inward stress adds more beauty to the face, no matter how much tragedy and pain it bespeaks; but the face which, in silence, does not announce hidden mysteries is not beautiful, regardless of the symmetry of its features.”

“Be present in all things and thankful for all things.”

“What can we do but keep on breathing in and out, modest and willing, and in our places?”

“To me there is no past or future in my art. If a work of art cannot live always in the present it must not be considered at all. The art of the Greeks, of the Egyptians, of the great painters who lived in other times, is not an art of the past; perhaps it is more alive today than it ever was.”