More from Rumi
Love said to me, there is nothing that is not me. Be silent.
RumiRumi Who could be so lucky? Who comes to a lake for water and sees the reflection of moon.
RumiRumi Woman is the light of God.
RumiRumi What you seek is seeking you.
RumiRumi I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways.
RumiRumi Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames
RumiRumi 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.
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Rough seas that make us stronger.
Helly McGibbonHelly McGibbon All it takes is a moment to fall in love with somebody for a lifetime.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony I’m stuck reliving old memories. moving aimlessly from one memory to another, in hopes of finding solitude; a serenity I never got to experience.
Zahra H DaripourZahra H Daripour Sometimes a heartbeat is all the home you ever need.
CindyCindy She is a blessing that will be honored and missed by the void in the hearts and souls forever.
Dr. Zainab AnsariDr. Zainab Ansari keep filling your cup of self-love. It’s very essential to feel peace when you close your eyes.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins There is magic in the minuscule.
Holly DuxburyHolly Duxbury Sometimes the light gets in and I’m more than this skin.
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And every day I thank [God] that I am alive, not because I fear death, but because my wife has a husband and my son is not an orphan.
Khaled HosseiniKhaled Hosseini And every day I thank [God] that I am alive, not because I fear death, but because my wife has a husband and my son is not an orphan.
Khaled HosseiniKhaled Hosseini It ain’t no sin to be glad you’re alive.
Bruce SpringsteenBruce Springsteen The toughest decision I ever made was staying alive when life was unbearable.
Helena DegnHelena Degn The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.
Martin LutherMartin Luther The more true to ourselves we are, the more we gravitate and attract all the things that represent us. Therefore, the more we are alive.
Nansia MovidiNansia Movidi We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.
Ray BradburyRay Bradbury Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.
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