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Rumi Quotes - Page 20

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Do not leave me, hide in my heart like a secret, wind around my head like a turban. I come and go as I please, you say, swift as a heartbeat. You can tease me as much as you like but never leave me.

Do not leave me, hide in my heart like a secret, wind around my head like a turban. "I come and go as I please," you say, "swift as a heartbeat." You can tease me as much as you like but never leave me.

Spiritual, Heart, Wind

There is no Love greater than Love with no object. For then you, yourself, have become love, itself.

Objects, Greater, No Love

Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi (2008). “Love's Ripening: Rumi on the Heart's Journey”, p.24, Shambhala Publications

Even when tied in a thousand knots, the string is still but one.

Strings, Knots, Thousand

Don't make the body do what the spirit does best, and don't put a big load on the spirit that the body could easily carry.

Doe, Body, Spirit

The miracle of Jesus is himself, not what he said or did.

Jesus, Miracle, Said

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), Jelaluddin Rumi, Kabir Helminski, Andrew Harvey (2005). “The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi”, p.7, Shambhala Publications

We came whirling out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust... The stars made a circle, and in the middle, we dance.

Stars, Dust, Circles

When someone is counting out gold for you, don't look at your hands, or the gold. Look at the giver.

Hands, Gold, Looks

You are the honoured guest, Do not weep like a beggar For pieces of the world.

World, Guests, Pieces

From myself I am copper, through you, friend, I am gold. From myself I’m a stone, but through you, I am a gem!

Gold, Stones, Copper

People are distracted by objects of desire, and afterwards repent of the lust they've indulged, because they have indulged with a phantom and are left even farther from Reality than before. Your desire for the illusory is a wing, by means of which a seeker might ascend to Reality. When you have indulged a lust, your wing drops off; you become lame and that fantasy flees. Preserve the wing and don't indulge such lust, so that the wing of desire may bear you to Paradise. People fancy they are enjoying themselves, but they are really tearing out their wings for the sake of an illusion.

Mean, Reality, Wings

Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi (2008). “The Pocket Rumi”, p.171, Shambhala Publications

Our purpose here on earth: to manifest the very nature of our spirit, which is touched by the spirit of God.

Soul, Earth, Purpose

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.

Spiritual, Wisdom, Islamic

There's hidden sweetness in the stomach's emptiness.

Emptiness, Stomach, Sweetness

Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged.

Christian, Unique, Rivers

"Rumi and St. Francis: Healing Wisdom for Today" by Matthew Dowd, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 15, 2011.

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.

Wind, Rushing, Rose

Walk to the well. Turn as the earth and the moon turn, circling what they love. Whatever circles comes from the center.

Moon, Circles, Earth

Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.343, Penguin UK

Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

"Marry Your Muse : Making a Lasting Commitment to Your Creativity". Book by Jan Phillips, p. 75, 1997.

Even when you tear its petals off one after another, the rose keeps laughing and doesn’t bend in pain. “Why should I be afflicted because of a thorn? It is the thorn which taught me how to laugh.” Whatever you lost through fate, be certain that it saved you from pain.

Pain, Fate, Laughing

If Your Eyes Are Opened, You'll See The Things Worth Seeing.

Eye, Seeing, Ifs

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), Jelaluddin Rumi, Kabir Helminski, Andrew Harvey (2005). “The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi”, p.112, Shambhala Publications

The core of the seen and unseen universe smiles, but remember smiles come best from those who weep. Lightning, then the rain-laughter.

Laughter, Rain, Unseen

My words are like a ship, and the sea is their meaning. Come to me and I will take you to the depths of spirit.

Sea, Meditation, Depth

Escape from the black cloud that surrounds you. Then you will see your own light as radiant as the full moon.

Moon, Clouds, Light

Deep in our Hearts, the Light of Heaven is shining.

Heart, Light, Shining

Jalal al-Din Rumi (2010). “Mystical Poems of Rumi”, p.23, University of Chicago Press

Do you hear what the music is saying? 'Come follow me and you will find the way. Your mistakes can also lead you to the truth. When you ask, the answer will be given.'

Mistake, Answers, Way

The lovers of God have no religion but God alone.

Religion, Lovers

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