A warm, rainy day-this is how it feels when friends get together. Friend refreshes friend then, as flowers do each others, in a spring rain.
RumiI do not know who lives here in my chest, or why the smile comes. I am not myself, more the bare green knob of a rose that lost every leaf and petal to the morning wind.
RumiThe lovers of God never run out of patience, for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon to become full.
RumiOh sky, without me, do not change, Oh moon, without me, do not shine; Oh earth, without me, do not grow, Oh time, without me, do not go. ...Oh, you cannot go, without me.
RumiBrother, stand the pain. Escape the poison of your impulses. The sky will bow to your beauty, if you do. Learn to light the candle. Rise with the sun. Turn away from the cave of your sleeping. That way a thorn expands to a rose.
RumiThe way to heaven is within. Shake the wings of love-when love's wings have become strong, there is no need to trouble about a ladder.
RumiBy the mercy of Allah Paradise has eight doors one of those is the door of repentance, child. All the others are sometimes open, sometimes shut, but the door of repentance is never closed. Come seize the opportunity: the door is open; carry your baggage there at once.
RumiPure souls, didn’t I tell you not to be seduced by this colorful world for I am the Ultimate Painter.
RumiI cannot stop asking. If I could taste one sip of an answer, I could break out of this prison for drunks.
RumiI have lived on the lip of insanity, wanting to know reasons, knocking on a door. It opens. I've been knocking from the inside.
RumiYou know the value of every article of merchandise, but if you don't know the value of your own soul, it's all foolishness.
RumiWhen a man makes up a story for his child, he becomes a father and a child together, listening.
RumiThose doing soul work, who want the searing truth more than solace or applause, know each other right away. Those who want something else turn and take a seat in another room. Soul-makers find each other’s company.
RumiThe drum of the realization of the promise is beating, we are sweeping the road to the sky. Your joy is here today, what remains for tomorrow?
RumiThere are many languages in the world; in meaning all are the same. If you break the cups, water will be unified and will flow together.
RumiLove is a madman, working his wild schemes, tearing off his clothes, running through the mountains...
RumiThere are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again.
RumiIf we come to sleep we are His drowsy ones And if we come to wake we are in His hands If we come to weeping we are His cloud full of raindrops And if we come to laughing we are His lightning in that moment If we come to anger and battle it is the reflection of His wrath And if we come to peace and pardon it is the reflection of His love Who are we in this complicated world?
RumiWhat strange beings we are! That sitting in hell at the bottom of the dark, we're afraid of our own immortality.
RumiVery little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are.
RumiMay this marriage be blessed.May this marriage be as sweet as milk and honey.May this marriage be as intoxicating as old wine.May this marriage be fruitful like a date tree.May this marriage be full of laughter and everyday a paradise.May this marriage be a seal of compassion for here and hereafter.May this marriage be as welcome as the full moon in the night sky.Listen lovers, now you go on, as I become silent and kiss this blessed night.
RumiOn the path of Love we are neither masters nor the owners of our lives. We are only a brush in the hand of the Master Painter.
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