Rumi's Little Book of Life: The Garden of the Soul, the Heart, and the Spirit

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi

You carry a basket full of bread, yet you beg for crumbs from door to door. You are up to your knees in water, yet you beg for a drink from everyone you see. Why are you so blind and stubborn? Beg at the door of your heart instead.