Rumi Quotes
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Darkness may hide the trees and the flowers from the eyes but it cannot hide love from the soul.
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What sort of person says that he or she wants to be polished and pure, then complains about being handled roughly?
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People who repress desires often turn, suddenly, into hypocrites.
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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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We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.
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The Prophets accept all agony and trust it For the water has never feared the fire.
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You have been walking the ocean's edge, holding up your robes to keep them dry. You must dive naked under and deeper under, a thousand times deeper. Love flows down. The ground submits to the sky and suffers what comes. Tell me, is the earth worse for giving in like that? Do not put blankets over the drum. Open completely.
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Bring the pure wine of love and freedom. But sir, a tornado is coming. More wine, we'll teach this storm A thing or two about whirling.
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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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Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you.
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Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you truly love. It will not lead you astray.
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Like a sculptor, if necessary, carve a friend out of stone. Realize that your inner sight is blind and try to see a treasure in everyone.
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You think because you understand 'one' you must also understand 'two', because one and one make two. But you must also understand 'and'.
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I was a thorn rushing to be with a rose, vinegar blending with honey… Then I found some dirt to make an ointment that would honor my soul… Love says, “You are right, but don’t claim these changes. Remember, I am wind. You are an ember I ignite.
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Let yourself be silently drawn by the inner pull of what you really love.
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In his mind she lay at his lap with his fingers gliding thru her straight beautiful hair. He smiles and says" your beauty lights up everything around you.
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Don’t wait any longer. Dive in the ocean, Leave and let the sea be you.
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You have no idea how hard I've looked for a gift to bring You. Nothing seemed right. What's the point of bringing gold to the gold mine, or water to the ocean. Everything I came up with was like taking spices to the Orient. It's no good giving my heart and my soul because you already have these. So I've brought you a mirror. Look at yourself and remember me.
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You are a volume in the divine book A mirror to the power that created the universe Whatever you want, ask it of yourself Whatever you’re looking for can only be found Inside of you
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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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I was dead, then alive. Weeping, then laughing. The power of love came into me, and I became fierce like a lion, then tender like the evening star.
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It is certain that an atom of goodness on the path of faith is never lost.
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The rose's rarest essence lives in the thorns.
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Wherever you stand, be the Soul of that place.