Rumi Quotes
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Hardship may dishearten at first, but every hardship passes away. All despair is followed by hope; all darkness is followed by sunshine.
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Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.
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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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Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent. Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.
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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 I gaze at my beloved she may feel embarrassed and if I do not, she will feel neglected. I can see the stars reflecting in the calm water of her face but if I look away I lose my clarity.
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We watch a sunlight dust dance, and we try to be that lively, but nobody knows what music those particles hear. Each of us has a secret companion musician to dance to. Unique rhythmic play, a motion in the street we alone know and hear.
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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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Where the lips are silent the heart has a thousand tongues.
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Everything you possess of skill, and wealth, and handicraft, wasn't it first merely a thought and a quest?
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You're water. We're the millstone. You're wind. We're dust blown up into shapes. You're spirit. We're the opening and closing of our hands. You're the clarity. We're the language that tries to say it. You're joy. We're all the different kinds of laughing.
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Don't make the body do what the spirit does best, and don't put a big load on the spirit that the body could easily carry.
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I am not from east or west not up from the ground or out of the ocean my place is placeless a trace of the traceless I belong to the beloved
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I am merely a guest born in this world, to know the secrets that lie beyond it.
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Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.
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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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Only Love can explain itself.
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Don't you know Yet? It is your light that lights the World.
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I am ashamed to call this love human and afraid of God to call it divine
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Each night the moon kisses secretly the lover who counts the stars
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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.
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I said, “I just want to know you and then disappear.” She said, “Knowing me does not mean dying".
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The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on earth.
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Don’t wait any longer. Dive in the ocean, Leave and let the sea be you.