Rumi's Secret Quotes

“As Sultan Valad remembered... '[Rumi] went to Damascus like a partridge, and returned to Rum like a falcon. A drop of his soul became as expansive as the sea. The degree of his love became even greater. Because he became like this, don't ever say, "He didn't find him." Whatever he was seeking, he truly found.... His love was filled with waves like a stormy sea....”
― Brad Gooch, Rumi's Secret: The Life of the Sufi Poet of Love