Rumi Quotes
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Knowledge that is acquired is not like this. Those who have it worry if audiences like it or not. It's a bait for popularity. Disputational knowing wants customers. It has no soul... The only real customer is God. Chew quietly your sweet sugarcane God-Love, and stay playfully childish.
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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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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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It doesn’t matter that you’ve broken your vow a thousand times. Still come, and yet again, come.
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I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way. Whoever brought me here will have to take me home.
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Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond
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I wait with silent passion for one gesture one glance from you.
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People who repress desires often turn, suddenly, into hypocrites.
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What the sayer of praise is really praising is himself, by saying implicitly, My eyes are clear. Likewise, someone who criticizes is criticizing himself, saying implicitly, "I can't see very well with my eyes so inflamed".
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There are as many ways of loving as there are people, and that wildflower variety is the great beauty of this dimension of existence.
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What sort of person says that he or she wants to be polished and pure, then complains about being handled roughly?
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Who could be so lucky? Who comes to a lake for water and sees the reflection of moon.
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Speak a new language so that the world will be a new world.
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You run back and forth listening for unusual events, peering into the faces of travelers. "Why are you looking at me like a madman?" I have lost a friend. Please forgive me.
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It is certain that an atom of goodness on the path of faith is never lost.
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Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it.
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Love is an emerald. Its brilliant light wards off dragons On this treacherous path.
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Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. The entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.
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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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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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Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.
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If in the darkness of ignorance, you don’t recognize a person’s true nature, look to see whom he has chosen for his leader.
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Run from what's comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I'll be mad.
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The Ego is a veil between humans and God. In prayer all are equal.