Say to your trouble: "I have the Great Almighty"
Rumi's counsel for hard times is not to tell the Almighty how great your trouble is, but to tell your trouble how great the Almighty is.
Rumi
Deafened by the voice of desire, you do not know that the Beloved lives in the middle of your heart
Rumi's call to fall silent and listen, so that the voice of the Beloved can be heard within the heart.
Will you who are always full ever understand what need does to people
Rumi on the gulf between the comfortable and the poor, and on how hard it is for the well-fed to grasp what want drives people to.