Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise. Whoever feels himself walking on the path, and refuses to praise—that man or woman steals from others every day—is a shoplifter! The sun became full of light when it got hold of itself. Angels only began shining when they achieved discipline. The sun goes out whenever the cloud of not-praising comes. The moment the foolish angel felt insolent, he heard the door close.

The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi (ed. Shambhala Publications, 2005) - ISBN: 9781590302514