Rumi Quotes
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You are not a drop in a ocean You are entire ocean in a drop
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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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You are my wine, my joy, My garden, my springtime, My slumber, my repose, Without you, I can't cope.
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Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are.
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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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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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A mountain keeps an echo deep inside itself. That's how I hold your voice. I am scrap wood thrown in your fire, and quickly reduced to smoke.
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O my choice beauty You've gone But your love remains in my heart Your image in my eye O guide on my winding road I keep turning round and round in the hopes of Finding you
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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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You are the Essence of the Essence, The intoxication of Love. I long to sing Your Praises but stand mute with the agony of wishing in my heart !
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This is how I would die into the love I have for you: As pieces of cloud dissolve in sunlight.
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Thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives.
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Love is the bridge between you and everything.
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If you are seeking, seek us with joy For we live in the kingdom of joy. Do not give your heart to anything else But to the love of those who are clear joy, Do not stray into the neighborhood of despair. For there are hopes: they are real, they exist – Do not go in the direction of darkness – I tell you: suns exist.
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Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom
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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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Reason is powerless in the expression of Love.
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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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A mountain keeps an echo deep inside. That's how I hold your voice
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Sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you... This turning toward what you deeply love saves you.
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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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Look at the moon in the sky, not the one in the lake.
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I will soothe you and heal you, I will bring you roses. I too have been covered with thorns.