Rumi Quotes
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Know then that the body is merely a garment. Go seek the wearer, not the cloak.
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Woman is the light of God.
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Peaceful is the one who's not concerned with having more or less. Unbound by name and fame, he is free from sorrow from the world and mostly from himself
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It is certain that an atom of goodness on the path of faith is never lost.
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If the wine drinker has a deep gentleness in him, he will show that when drunk. But if he has hidden anger and arrogance, those appear.
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A new moon teaches gradualness and deliberation and how one gives birth to oneself slowly. Patience with small details makes perfect a large work, like the universe.
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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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And patience flees my heart, And reason flees my mind. Oh, how drunk can I get to be, Without your love's security?
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Love comes with a knife, not some shy question, and not with fears for its reputation!
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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 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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That moon which the sky never saw even in dreams has risen again
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Close the language door and open the lovers window. The moon won’t use the door, only the window.
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The Prophets accept all agony and trust it For the water has never feared the fire.
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The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep.
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On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty. Today is such a day.
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Let yourself be silently drawn by the inner pull of what you really love.
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Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.
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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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Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you truly love. It will not lead you astray.
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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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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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come on sweetheart let's adore one another before there is no more of you and me
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I wait with silent passion for one gesture one glance from you.