Rumi Quotes
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At a distance you only see my light... Come closer and Know that I am You
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There is a way between voice and presence, where information flows. In disciplined silence it opens; with wandering talk it closes.
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Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.
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A heart filled with desire for sweetness and tender souls must not waste itself with unsavory matters.
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Pull the thorn of existence out of the heart! Fast! For when you do, you will see thousands of rose gardens in yourself.
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This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.
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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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We love that s why life is full of so many wonderful gifts.
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Your misconceptions veil the holy. The Princess is naked beneath the surface of every form. Your boredom would vanish if you had more of a clue about the Reality I know.
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Don't try to steer the boat. Don't open shop for yourself. Listen. Keep silent. You are not God's mouthpiece. Try to be an ear, And if you do speak, ask for explanations.
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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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Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen!
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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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It's your road, and yours alone. others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.
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We may know who we are or we may not. We may be Muslims, Jews or Christians but until our hearts become the mould for every heart we will see only our differences.
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The ground's generosity takes in our compost and grows beauty! Try to be more like the ground.
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Your magnificence has made me a wonder. Your charm has taught me the way of love.
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Only Love can explain itself.
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I have lived on the lip of insanity, wanting to know reasons, knocking on a door. It opens. I've been knocking from the inside.
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Would you become a pilgrim on the road of love? The first condition is that you make yourself humble as dust and ashes.
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The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on earth.
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Every fragile beauty, every perfect forgotten sentence, you grieve their going away, but that is not how it is. Where they come from never goes dry. It is an always flowing spring.
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This world hurts my head with its answers. I would burn if I had a choice.
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YOU ARE SUCH THAT BESIDES THIS (PHYSICAL) BODY YOU HAVE ANOTHER (ASTRAL) BODY. DO NOT THEREFORE BE AFRAID OF GETTING OUT OF THE MORTAL FRAME.