Rumi Quotes
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Know then that the body is merely a garment. Go seek the wearer, not the cloak.
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People who repress desires often turn, suddenly, into hypocrites.
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Reason is powerless in the expression of Love.
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If i can only recount the story of my life right out of my body flames will grow
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I will be waiting here.... For your silence to break, For your soul to shake, For your love to wake!
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You are an ocean in a drop of dew, all the universes in a thin sack of blood. What are these pleasures then, these joys, these worlds that you keep reaching for, hoping they will make you more alive?
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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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Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come.
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Knock, And He'll open the door Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything.
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Sit quietly and listen for a voice that will say, "Be more silent." As that happens, your soul starts to revive.
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I wait with silent passion for one gesture one glance from you.
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I am weary of personal worrying, in love with the art of madness.
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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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The feelings trembled and flapped in his chest like a bird newly put in a cage.
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Keep on knocking 'til the joy inside opens a window look to see who's ther.
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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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The morning wind spreads its fresh smell. We must get up and take that in, that wind that lets us live. Breathe before it's gone.
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You must ask for what you really want. Don't go back to sleep. The door is round and open. Don't go back to sleep.
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I love my friends neither with my heart nor with my mind. Just in case… Heart might stop. Mind can forget. I love them with my soul. Soul never stops or forgets.
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come on sweetheart let's adore one another before there is no more of you and me
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There’s a morning when presence comes over your soul. You sing like a rooster in your earth-colored shape. Your heart hears and, no longer frantic, begins to dance.
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At a distance you only see my light... Come closer and Know that I am You
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God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites so that you will have two wings to fly, not one
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Leave that which is not, but appears to be. Seek that which is, but is not apparent.