The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.
RUMIWhy do you stay in prison, when the door is so wide open?
More Rumi Quotes
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These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.
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My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.
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What you seek is seeking you.
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The angel is free because of his knowledge, the beast because of his ignorance. Between the two remains the son of man to struggle.
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Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
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Sit, be still, and listen, because you’re drunk and we’re at the edge of the roof.
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There is a secret medicine given only to those who hurt so hard they can’t hope.
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Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy.
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Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being.
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When the light returns to its source, it takes nothing of what it has illuminated.
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Never lose hope, my heart, miracles dwell in the invisible. If the whole world turns against you keep your eyes on the Friend.
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Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.
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At the end of my life, with just one breath left, if you come, I’ll sit up and sing.
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Someone who does not run toward the allure of love walks a road where nothing lives.
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Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.
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Everyone has been made for some particular work and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.
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Not only the thirsty seek the water, the water as well seeks the thirsty.
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Wherever you stand, be the Soul of that place.
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Every story is us.
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Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.
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Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.
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Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.
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No one can tell if I’m laughing or weeping.
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The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you.
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Gamble everything for love, if you’re a true human being.
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The rose’s rarest essence lives in the thorns.
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