Rumi Quotes
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The Prophets accept all agony and trust it For the water has never feared the fire.
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Nothing, indeed, is more symptomatic of our modern lack of logic than our consciousness of the futility of mere material affluence in itself, and at the same time our pathetic belief that the salvation of the “poor” is to lift them into affluence!
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Look at the moon in the sky, not the one in the lake.
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Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls.
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Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you.
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The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires.
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You are an ocean in a drop of dew, all the universes in a thin sack of blood. What are these pleasures then, these joys, these worlds that you keep reaching for, hoping they will make you more alive?
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I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.
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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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Though Destiny a hundred times waylays you, in the end it pitches a tent for you in Heaven. It is God's loving kindness to terrify you, in order to lead you to His Kingdom of safety.
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The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize.
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When one sense perceives the hidden, the invisible world becomes apparent to the whole.
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If i can only recount the story of my life right out of my body flames will grow
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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 hurt and have sharp desire, yet your presence is a healing calm.
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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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Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent. Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.
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Body is not veiled from soul, neither soul from body, Yet no man hath ever seen a soul.
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Keep on knocking 'til the joy inside opens a window look to see who's ther.
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We watch a sunlight dust dance, and we try to be that lively, but nobody knows what music those particles hear. Each of us has a secret companion musician to dance to. Unique rhythmic play, a motion in the street we alone know and hear.
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Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.
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Leave that which is not, but appears to be. Seek that which is, but is not apparent.
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What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle.
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Hear this if you can: If you want to reach him You have to go beyond yourself And when you finally arrive at the land of absence Be silent Don’t say a thing Ecstasy, not words, is the language spoken there