Rumi Quotes
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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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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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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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If the foot of the trees were not tied to earth, they would be pursuing me.. For I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens.
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Sit, be still, and listen, because you're drunk and we're at the edge of the roof.
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The rose's rarest essence lives in the thorns.
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Look at the moon in the sky, not the one in the lake.
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The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize.
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Travelers, it is late. Life's sun is going to set. During these brief days that you have strength, be quick and spare no effort of your wings
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The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on earth.
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She loved him so much she concealed his name in many phrases, the inner meanings known only to her.
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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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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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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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Don’t wait any longer. Dive in the ocean, Leave and let the sea be you.
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Why am I seeking? I am the same as he. His essence speaks through me. I have been looking for myself
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Patience is not sitting and waiting, it is foreseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing the rose, looking at the night and seeing the day. Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full.
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Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love
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I want your sun to reach my raindrops, so your heat can raise my soul upward like a cloud.
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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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I once had a thousand desires. But in my one desire to know you all else melted away.
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Your magnificence has made me a wonder. Your charm has taught me the way of love.
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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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Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls.