Rumi Quotes
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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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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 morning wind spreads its fresh smell. We must get up and take that in, that wind that lets us live. Breathe before it's gone.
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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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God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites so that you will have two wings to fly, not one
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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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The Prophets accept all agony and trust it For the water has never feared the fire.
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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 quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.
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The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep.
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The rose's rarest essence lives in the thorns.
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Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls.
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Every object, every being, is a jar full of delight.
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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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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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Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon how much he has polished it. Whoever has polished it more sees more - more unseen forms become manifest to him.
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I have put the ear of my soul in the widow of your heart.
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Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue. If knowledge of mysteries come after emptiness of mind, that is illumination of heart.
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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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Body is not veiled from soul, neither soul from body, Yet no man hath ever seen a soul.
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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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Darkness may hide the trees and the flowers from the eyes but it cannot hide love from the soul.
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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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I want your sun to reach my raindrops, so your heat can raise my soul upward like a cloud.