Rumi Quotes

What the sayer of praise is really praising is himself, by saying implicitly, My eyes are clear. Likewise, someone who criticizes is criticizing himself, saying implicitly, "I can't see very well with my eyes so inflamed".

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• I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
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  • Think
  • Middle East

• The connection between education and a healthy economy is critical.

  

  Ted Strickland
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  • Connection
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• My witness is the empty sky.

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • Sky
  • Empty
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• I'm a big believer in the idea that while we are the sum of our tears, we are also the product of our choices in how we deal with those tears.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Choices
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• In most languages, 'control' is the first synonym for the word 'manage.' Control is about spotting and correcting deviations from pre-defined standards; thus to control, one must first constrain.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • Control
  • First
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• It's not good for comedy to be like, 'Thanks for liking me.' Being popular is poison.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
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• When I was a kid, I loved Nicholas brothers films. It was like skateboarding. Even Gene Kelly: I always preferred him to Fred Astaire, just because he was more athletic, like skateboarding.

  

  Harmony Korine
  • Always
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  • Skateboarding

• Who can rest until the moment of action?

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Action
  • Rest
  • Moment

• To be honest about it, sex was not worth the wait.

  

  Kevin Jonas Jonas Brothers
  • Sex
  • Honest
  • Wait

• In Europe we have the "loss of self" motif clearly illustrated in the whirl dances of the Russians sects of the Molokani in Armenia....All the countries that bordered the Meditteranean in ancient times, and the less remote sections of Asia as well, appear to have had whirl dances.

  

  Curt Sachs
  • Europe
  • Illustrateted
  • Dances

• Art is continually working to take the crust of familiarity off everyday objects.

  

  Rudolf Arnheim
  • Art
  • Everyday
  • Objects

• The showrunner relationship in television is what the director relationship in film, there's really no more important relationship.

  

  Bear McCreary
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• Some things you never forget.

  

  Carrie Jones
  • Never
  • Things
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• Even mistakes can be wonderful.

  

  Robin Williams
  • Mistakes
  • Wonderful

• Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess. Just breathe, and have faith that everything will work out for the best.

  

  Christian Burns
  • Faith
  • Best
  • Breathe

• Jesus is now the Lord; He is enthroned at the right hand of God; He is reigning in His kingdom. But this is a Lordship and a kingly reign which is known only to believers. It must be confessed by faith. His Second Coming will mean nothing less than the Lordship which is His now will be visible to all the world. When we pray, 'Thy kingdom come,' this is what we are praying for: the effectual and universal rule of Christ in all the world, not only over believers.

  

  George Eldon Ladd
  • Mean
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  • Kingdom

• In coming closer to nature, man shows himself superior to it. As a mere part of nature, man's existence would be a series of isolated phenomena. All life would proceed from and depend on contact with the outside world.

  

  Rudolf Christoph Eucken
  • Existence
  • Contact
  • Coming

• In training horses, one trains himself.

  

  Antoine de Pluvinel
  • Training
  • Himself
  • Horses

• He'd fashioned himself into one hard edge. He was all blade and no handle. If she held him close, she'd risk being cut.

  

  Courtney Milan
  • Close
  • Himself
  • Cut

• I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • Giving
  • Worry
  • Coffee

• What the sayer of praise is really praising is himself, by saying implicitly, My eyes are clear. Likewise, someone who criticizes is criticizing himself, saying implicitly, "I can't see very well with my eyes so inflamed".

  

  Rumi
  • Himself
  • Criticizing
  • Praising