Rumi Quotes
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There are thousands of wines that can take over our minds. Don't think all ecstasies are the same! Jesus was lost in his love for God. His donkey was drunk with barley.
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Keep walking, though there's no place to get to. Don't try to see through the distances. That's not for human beings. Move within, But don't move the way fear makes you move.
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I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways.
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The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize.
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My heart is so small it's almost invisible. How can You place such big sorrows in it? "Look," He answered, "your eyes are even smaller, yet they behold the world.
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My friend, you thought you lost Him; that all your life you've been separated from Him. Filled with wonder, you've always looked outside for Him, and haven't searched within your own house.
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Know the true definition of yourself. That is essential. Then, when you know your own definition, flee from it.
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Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. When the ocean is searching for you, don’t walk into the river. Listen to the ocean.
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Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear.
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God calls himself "Baseer" [Observant], so that the knowledge that He is watching you may keep you from sinning.
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You must ask for what you really want. Don't go back to sleep. The door is round and open. Don't go back to sleep.
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Your task is not to seek for love but merely to seek & find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
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We gather at night to celebrate being human. Sometimes we call out low to the tambourine. Fish drink the sea, but the sea does not get smaller! We eat the clouds and evening light. We are slaves tasting the royal wine.
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In the slaughterhouse of love, they kill only the best, none of the weak or deformed. Don't run away from this dying. Whoever's not killed for love is dead meat.
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Break your pitcher against a rock. We don't need any longer to haul pieces of the ocean around.
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Death is our wedding with eternity.
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Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.
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The Prophets accept all agony and trust it For the water has never feared the fire.
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My spirit saw how dull and down I was and came and sat laughing on my bed. Holding my brow, "Sweetheart, I can't bear to see you like this!
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The waterwheel accepts water and turns and gives it away, weeping.
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You hurt and have sharp desire, yet your presence is a healing calm.
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If I gaze at my beloved she may feel embarrassed and if I do not, she will feel neglected. I can see the stars reflecting in the calm water of her face but if I look away I lose my clarity.
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Keep on knocking 'til the joy inside opens a window look to see who's ther.
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come on sweetheart let's adore one another before there is no more of you and me