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Fire Quotes by Rumi

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Rumi describes doubt as a steep cliff that blocks the way to the divine, and he invites the soul to be filled with the fire of love. He speaks of the heart turning into a temple where love burns away all veils, leaving only the bright mystery behind.

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Light up the fire of love inside and blaze the thoughts away.

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You had better run from me. My words are fire.

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Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames

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The undisciplined man doesn't wrong himself alone- he sets fire to the whole world.

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We cannot steal the fire. We must enter it.

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if i can only recount the story of my life right out of my body flames will grow

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The whole business of love is to drown in the sea.

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Stay in the spiritual fire. Let it cook you.

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Oh god Let all lovers be content Give them happy endings Let their lives be celebrations Let their hearts dance in the…

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Flattery's fire is hidden. Its sweet taste is apparent, but the smoke is bound to come out at last.

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In each moment the fire rages, it will burn away a hundred veils. And carry you a thousand steps toward your goal.

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The time has come to turn your heart into a temple of fire. Your essence is gold hidden in dust. To reveal…

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Love is that flame that once kindled burns everything, and only the mystery and the journey remain.

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Do not worry if all the candles in the world flicker and die. We have the spark that starts the fire.

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Paradise is surrounded by what we dislike; the fires of hell are surrounded by what we desire.

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This is Now. Now is, all there is. Don't wait for Then; strike the spark, light the fire.

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Whenever Beauty looks, Love is also there; Whenever beauty shows a rosy cheek Love lights Her fire from that flame. When beauty…

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In our hearts there burns a fire... That burns all veils to their root and foundation When those veils have been burned…

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If your knowledge of fire has been turned to certainty by words alone, then seek to be cooked by the fire itself.…

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Oh Beloved, take me. Liberate my soul. Fill me with your love and release me from the two worlds. If I set…

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Thinking gives off smoke to prove the existence of fire. A mystic sits inside the burning. There are wonderful shapes in rising…

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Whoever is sitting with friends is in the midst of a flower garden, though he may be in the fire. Whoever sits…

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Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you. Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. Set…

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There is an unseen sweetness in the stomach’s emptiness. We are lutes. When the sound box is filled, no music can come…

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Doubt is a precipice on the way to God. Blessed is he who is freed from its bonds. He who fares without…

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Go back, go back to sleep. Yes, you are allowed. You who have no Love in your heart, you can go back…

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“Most people guard against going into the fire and so end up in it. Those who love the water of pleasure and…

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From "Wetness and Water" How does a part of the world leave the world? How can wetness leave water? Do not try…

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THIS TORTURE Why should we tell you our love stories when you spill them together like blood in the dirt? Love is…

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The time has come to turn your heart into a temple of fire.

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The soul which cannot endure fire and smoke won't find the Secret.

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Most people guard against going into the fire, and so end up in it.

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I am burning. If anyone lacks tinder, let him set his rubbish ablaze with my fire.

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I Wish I Could Give You A Taste Of The Burning Fire Of Love. There Is A Fire Blazing Inside Of Me.…

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The agony of lovers burns with the fire of passion. Lovers leave traces of where they've been. The wailing of broken hearts…

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There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don't you? You feel the separation from the…

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You've gotten drunk on so many kinds of wine. Taste this. It won't make you wild. It's fire. Give up, if you…

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If your thought is a rose, you are a rose garden; and if it is a thistle, you are fuel for the…

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Happy, not from anything that happens. Warm, not from fire or a hot bath. Light, I register zero on a scale.

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There is something to be said for anyone who sits alone with dignity and silently begs for God.

Tis easy to break an idol, very easy: to regard the self as easy to subdue is folly, folly.

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I have no name for what circles so perfectly.

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We are born of love. Love is our mother.

Water, stories, the body, all the things we do, are mediums that hid and show what's hidden.

If your heart isn't yet illumined Be awake always, be a seeker of the heart, Be at war continually with your carnal soul. But…

“I came back to You because I could not find the kind and decent things I found in You anywhere else.”