Rumi Quotes
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Come, come, whoever you are, come. Infidel, idolator, Wanderer, fire-worshipper, it doesn't matter, come. Ours is not a convent of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vow a hundred times, Come, come again.
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The result of my life is no more than three words: I was raw, I became cooked, I was burnt.
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Birdsong brings relief to my longing. I am just as ecstatic as they are, but with nothing to say! Please, universal soul, practice some song, or something, through me!
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First, when I was apart from you, this world did not exist, nor any other. Second, whatever I was looking for was always you.
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If I hold you in my heart, you'll wither; Become a thorn if I hold you in my eyes. No, I'll make a place for you within my soul instead So you'll be my love in lives beyond this life.
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The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.
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Reason is powerless in the expression of Love.
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Your task is not to seek for love but merely to seek & find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
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People want you to be happy. Don't keep serving them your pain! If you could untie your wings And free your soul of jealousy, You and everyone around you Would fly up like doves.
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Everything in the universe is a pitcher brimming with wisdom and beauty.
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Bitter your acts, bitter am I, Kindness your deeds, kindness am I, Pleasant and gentle, so you are, Fine honeyed lips and sweet talker.
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Treasure is stored in the ruined places. Do not break the hearts of the poor and heartbroken people.
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I made an oath to myself: as long as I live as long as my soul remains in this body I won't deviate from the right way but later I looked to my left and then to my right and I saw our beloved everywhere how could I make a wrong turn?
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I will soothe you and heal you, I will bring you roses. I too have been covered with thorns.
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Someone who does not run toward the allure of love walks a road where nothing lives. But this dove here senses the love hawk floating above, and waits, and will not be driven or scared to safety.
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When soul rises Into lips You feel the kiss You have wanted
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Let soul speak with the silent articulation of a face.
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Death is our wedding with eternity.
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This mirror inside me shows. I can’t say what, but I can’t not know. I run from body. I run from spirit. I do not belong anywhere.
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Truth is like a bell. We strike it, and then the beautiful resonance of sound fades into silence.
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Be motivated like the falcon, hunt gloriously. Be magnificent as the leopard, fight to win. Spend less time with nightingales and peacocks. One is all talk, the other only color.
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You are not a drop in a ocean You are entire ocean in a drop
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My heart is so small it's almost invisible. How can You place such big sorrows in it? "Look," He answered, "your eyes are even smaller, yet they behold the world.
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Every moment I shape my destiny with a chisel, I am a carpenter of my own soul.