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The Rumi Collection QUOTES

The Rumi Collection QUOTES

1 " If metal can be polished
to a mirrorlike finish,
what polishing might the mirror
of the heart require?

Between the mirror and the heart
is this single difference:
the heart conceals secrets,
while the mirror does not. "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

2 " Make it your habit to behold the Light without the glass, so that when the glass is shattered you may not be left blind. "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

3 " Life's waters flow from darkness. Search the darkness, don't run from it. "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

4 " And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice. There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger. "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

5 " All the tears which we creatures shed for Him are not tears as many think but pearls.... "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

6 " Water in the boat is the ruin of the boat, but water under the boat is its support. "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

7 " If you want a customer who will pay in gold, could there be a better customer than God, O my heart? He buys our dirty bag of goods, and in return gives us an inner light lent from His splendor. "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

8 " If night never came, people would waste themselves pursuing all that they desire. They would give their own bodies to be consumed for the sake of their desires and greed, but night appears, a treasure of Mercy... "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

9 " Cerul este Bărbatul, iar pământul, Femeia! "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

10 " When our guides and those who are cherished by us leave and disappear, they are not annihilated, they are like stars that vanish into the light of the sun of reality. "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

11 " I felt I was drowning in my negativity. There was no hope of room for patience and no means of escape, no way to either repent or rebel I felt I could not undo the lock. "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

12 " All people, all possible permutations of good, evil, thought, passion. The lamps are different, But the Light is the same. "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

13 " Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader, are your own nature reflected in them. As the Prophet said, “The faithful are mirrors to one another.” MATHNAWI I, 1319, 1328 "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

14 " It would be as if a king sent you to a village on a specific mission. If you went and performed a hundred other tasks, but neglected to accomplish the task for which you were sent, it would be as though you had done nothing. "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

15 " If love were only spiritual, the practices of fasting and prayer would not exist. "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

16 " WITH GOD THERE IS NO ROOM FOR TWO EGOS. You say “I,” and He says “I.” In order for this duality to disappear, either you must die for Him or He for you. It is not possible, however, for Him to die—either phenomenally or conceptually—because “He is the Ever-living who dieth not.” He is so gracious, however, that if it were possible He would die for you in order that the duality might disappear. "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

17 " Don't be the rider who gallops all night and never sees the horse that is beneath him. "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

18 " I’m the devoted slave of anyone who doesn’t claim to have attained dining with God at every way station. Many inns must be left behind before you reach your home. "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

19 " God continually turns you from one state of feeling to another, revealing truth by means of opposites.... So that you may have the two wings of fear and hope; for the bird with one wing is unable to fly.... "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection

20 " The body is not hidden from the soul, nor is the soul hidden from the body, and yet the soul is not for everyone to see. "

― Rumi , The Rumi Collection