The angel is free because of his knowledge, the beast because of his ignorance. Between the two remains the son of man to struggle.
RUMILet the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being.
More Rumi Quotes
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The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.
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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.
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Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.
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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful.
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Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Cleverness is mere opinion, bewilderment is intuition.
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Is it really so that the one I love is everywhere?
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The moon stays bright when it doesn’t avoid the night.
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Woman is the light of God.
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I know you’re tired but come, this is the way.
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You’ve seen my descent, now watch my rising.
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Your magnificence has made me a wonder. Your charm has taught me the way of love.
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The heart has its own language. The heart knows a hundred thousand ways to speak.
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The soul is here for its own joy.
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She loved him so much she concealed his name in many phrases, the inner meanings known only to her.
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When you feel a peaceful joy, that’s when you are near truth.
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What matters is how quickly you do what your soul directs.
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The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.
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Love comes with a knife, not some shy question, and not with fears for its reputation!
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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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I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.
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Give your weakness to one who helps.
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Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.
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This is what love does and continues to do. It tastes like honey to adults and milk to children.
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Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies.
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We love that s why life is full of so many wonderful gifts.
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My lips got lost on the way to the kiss – that’s how drunk I was.
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