The angel is free because of his knowledge, the beast because of his ignorance. Between the two remains the son of man to struggle.
RUMIIf in the darkness of ignorance, you don’t recognize a person’s true nature, look to see whom he has chosen for his leader.
More Rumi Quotes
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Poems are rough notations for the music we are.
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Thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives.
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Is it really so that the one I love is everywhere?
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Forget safety. Live where you fear to live.
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Gamble everything for love, if you’re a true human being.
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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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Reason is powerless in the expression of Love.
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Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.
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This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.
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The rose’s rarest essence lives in the thorns.
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I am yours. Don’t give myself back to me.
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The lion is most handsome when looking for food.
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Whatever purifies you is the right path, I will not try to define it.
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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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Shine like the whole universe is yours.
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