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141 " There is nothing I want but your presence.In friendship, time dissolves.Life is a cup. This connectionis pure wine. What else are cups for?I used to have twenty thousanddifferent desires. "
― Rumi , Bridge to the Soul: Journeys Into the Music and Silence of the Heart
142 " What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle. "
― Rumi
143 " Life's waters flow from darkness. Search the darkness, don't run from it. "
― Rumi , The Rumi Collection
144 " You are so weak. Give up to grace.The ocean takes care of each wave till it gets to shore.You need more help than you know. "
― Rumi , The Essential Rumi
145 " The word grows mad on the fermentOf angry actions, the authorities can only inflictVisible punishments. Now regard with the unpracticedInner eye the unseen presence of Judgement thenYou will understand the nature of your soul's torment "
― Rumi , Words of Paradise: Selected Poems
146 " The way of love is not a subtle argument. The door there is devastation. Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall, and falling, they're given wings. "
147 " silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation. "
148 " Go find yourself first so you can also find me. "
149 " In Silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves. "
150 " Let silence take you to the core of life. "
151 " I choose to love you in silence, for in silence I find no rejection.I choose to love you in loneliness, for in loneliness no one owns you but me.I choose to adore you from a distance, for distance will shield me from pain.I chose to kiss you in the wind, for the wind is gentler than my lips.I choose to hold you in my dreams, for in my dreams you have no end. "
152 " I want that love that moved the mountains. I want that love that split the ocean. I want that love that made the winds tremble. I want that love that roared like thunder. I want that love that will raise the dead. I want that love that lifts us to ecstasy. I want that love that is the silence of eternity "
153 " You whispered softly in the ear of my joyous heart.You know what's on my mind, you've heard my thoughts.I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways. "
154 " For years, copying other people, I tried to know myself.From within, I couldn't decide what to do.Unable to see, I heard my name being called.Then I walked outside. "
― Rumi , Open Secret: Versions of Rumi
155 " The minute I heard my first love story,I started looking for you, not knowinghow blind that was.Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.They're in each other all along. "
― Rumi , The Illuminated Rumi
156 " Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along. "
157 " A servant wants to be rewarded for what he does. A lover wants only to be in love's presence, that ocean whose depth will never be known. "
― Rumi , The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing
158 " There is some kiss we want with our whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body. Seawaterbegs the pearl to break its shell.and the lily, how passionatelyit needs some wild darling! Atnight, I open the window and askthe moon to come and press itsface against mine. Breathe intome. Close the language door andopen the lovers window. The moonwon’t use the door, only the window. "
159 " Dear soul, don't set a high value on someone before they deserve it; You either lose them or ruin yourself...! "
160 " Know the true definition of yourself. That is essential.Then, when you know your own definition, flee from it. "