Rumi Quotes
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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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Get yourself out of the way, and let joy have more space.
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At a distance you only see my light... Come closer and Know that I am 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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To live without you is to be robbed of love and what is life without it? To live without you is death to me, my love but some call it life.
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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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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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Only Love can explain itself.
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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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I am merely a guest born in this world, to know the secrets that lie beyond it.
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Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.
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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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Everything you possess of skill, and wealth, and handicraft, wasn't it first merely a thought and a quest?
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Don't you know Yet? It is your light that lights the World.
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Where the lips are silent the heart has a thousand tongues.
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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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Let silence take you to the core of life.
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The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on earth.
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I am ashamed to call this love human and afraid of God to call it divine
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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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You've seen my descent, now watch my rising.
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Moonlight floods the whole sky from horizon to horizon; How much it can fill your room depends on its windows.
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Wherever you stand, be the Soul of that place.