Rumi Quotes
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Either give me more wine or leave me alone.
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My lips got lost on the way to the kiss - that's how drunk I was.
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Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.
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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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Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. Live in silence.
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When you lose all sense of self the bonds of a thousands chains will vanish. Lose yourself completely, return to the root of the root of your own soul.
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When you have indulged a lust, your wing drops off; you become lame, abandoned by a fantasy. …People fancy they are enjoying themselves, but they are really tearing out their wings for the sake of an illusion.
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Within tears, find hidden laughter Seek treasures amid ruins, sincere one.
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The heart has its own language. The heart knows a hundred thousand ways to speak.
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The wound is the place where the Light enters you.
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My sweet heart, you have aroused my passion, your touch has filled me with desire, I am no longer separate from you, these are precious moments, I beseech you, don’t let me wait.
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There is a moon inside every human being. Learn to be companions with it.
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Late, by myself, in the boat of myself, no light and no land anywhere, cloudcover thick. I try to stay just above the surface, yet I'm already under and living within the ocean.
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The garden of the world has no limits, except in your mind.
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You dance inside my chest, where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.
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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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Close the language door and open the lovers window. The moon won’t use the door, only the window.
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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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If you desire healing, let yourself fall ill let yourself fall ill.
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O Love, O pure deep Love, be here, be now, Be all – worlds dissolve into your stainless endless radiance, Frail living leaves burn with your brighter than cold stares – Make me your servant, your breath, your core.
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Everything in the universe is a pitcher brimming with wisdom and beauty.
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Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.
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You hurt and have sharp desire, yet your presence is a healing calm.
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Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.