We can't help being thirsty, moving toward the voice of water. Milk drinkers draw close to the mother. Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists,… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Intellect in its effort to explain Love got stuck in the mud like an ass. Love alone could explain love and loving. — Rumi Copy Share Image
He whose intellect overcomes his lust is higher than the angels; he whose lust overcomes his intelligence is less than an animal. — Rumi Copy Share Image
“Your intelligence is always with you, overseeing your body, even though you may not be aware of its work. If you start… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Intelligence is the shadow of objective truth. How can the shadow vie with sunshine? — Rumi Copy Share Image
Consider how wool is turned into an elegantly designed carpet by coming into contact with an intelligent person. — Rumi Copy Share Image
There's no one with intelligence in this town except that man over there playing with the children, the one riding the stick… — Rumi Copy Share Image
And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice. — Rumi Copy Share Image
We began as mineral. We emerged into plant life, and into the animal state, and then into being human, and always we have forgotten… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you... This turning toward what you deeply love saves you. — Rumi Copy Share Image
“You’ve so distracted me, your absence fans my love. Don’t ask how. Then you come near. “Do not…” I say, and “Do not…,” you… — Rumi Copy Share Image
There is something to be said for anyone who sits alone with dignity and silently begs for God. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Tis easy to break an idol, very easy: to regard the self as easy to subdue is folly, folly. — Rumi Copy Share Image
