Rumi Quotes
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And he misses her Like a wind starved sail He sits knowing what direction to go But the current keeps pulling him Down river.
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If there were no way into God, I would not have lain in the grave of this body so long.
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What in your life is calling you, When all the noise is silenced, The meetings adjourned... The lists laid aside, And the Wild Iris blooms By itself In the dark forest... What still pulls on your soul?
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Angels dance only with You, Beloved and only before You do I bow in adoration. You may accept me or not but I will be at your feet forever.
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Shut your eyes so the heart may become your eye, and with that vision look upon another world. If you can step away from your need for self-approval, all that you do, top to bottom, will be approved.
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Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.
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Are you jealous of the ocean's generosity? Why would you refuse to give this love to anyone? Fish don't hold the sacred liquid in cups! They swim in the huge, fluid freedom.
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There's a field somewhere beyond all doubt and wrong doing. I'll meet you there.
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Do not seek water, get thirst.
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Do you pay regular visits to yourself? Don't argue or answer rationally. Let us die, and dying, reply.
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Which is worth more, a crowd of thousands, or your own genuine solitude? Freedom, or power over an entire nation? A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given you.
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Somewhere beyond right and wrong, there is a garden. I will meet you there.
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Sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you, As a fish out of water hears the waves . . . Come back. Come back. This turning toward what you deeply love saves you.
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I am yours. Don't give myself back to me.
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Die! Die! Die in this love! If you die in this love,Your soul will be renewed. Die! Die! Don’t fear the death of that which is known If you die to the temporal, You will become timeless.
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This place is a dream. Only a sleeper considers it real. Then death comes like dawn, and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief.
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Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.
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Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?
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These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.
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When someone critises or disagrees with you, a small ant of hatred and antagonism is born in your heart. If you do not squash that ant at once, it might grow into a snake, or even a dragon.
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Your body is away from me, but there is a window open from my heart to yours.
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Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.
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We are the night ocean filled with glints of light. We are the space between the fish and the moon, while we sit here together.
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Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there.