Rumi on friendship
“Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”
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We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.
RumiRumi Thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives.
RumiRumi My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.
RumiRumi Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.
RumiRumi Someone who does not run toward the allure of love walks a road where nothing lives.
RumiRumi Never lose hope, my heart, miracles dwell in the invisible. If the whole world turns against you keep your eyes on the Friend.
RumiRumi At the end of my life, with just one breath left, if you come, I’ll sit up and sing.
RumiRumi Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.
RumiRumi A mountain keeps an echo deep inside. That’s how I hold your voice.
RumiRumi Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.
RumiRumi A pen went scribbling along. When it tried to write love, it broke.
RumiRumi Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free.
RumiRumi Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
RumiRumi Whoever’s calm and sensible is insane!
RumiRumi Let silence take you to the core of life.
RumiRumi I see my beauty in you.
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Teresa PeresTeresa Peres But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
Lang LeavLang Leav Just because you haven’t seen how wonderful, beautiful, and special she is, doesn’t mean no one else will.
Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi More often than I am not, all I need is the rise of my own lungs – I am already complete.
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Brad PittBrad Pitt Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam The only friends who are free from cares are the goblet of wine and a book. Give me wine…that I may for a time forget the cares of the world.
HafezHafez Love binds people too, in matrimony’s sacred bonds where chaste lovers are met, and friends cement their trust and friendship. How happy is mankind, if the love that orders the stars above rules, too, in your hearts.
BoethiusBoethius A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
SaadiSaadi Being the companion of the folk of this world is fire. There must be an Abraham if the fire is not going to burn [you].
Shams TabriziShams Tabrizi We don’t need sugar, flour or rice or anything else. We just want to see our dear ones.
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