There cannot be self-restraint in the absence of desire: when there is no adversary, what avails thy courage? Hark, do not castrate… — Rumi Copy Share Image
There are many winds full of anger, and lust and greed. They move the rubbish around, but the solid mountain of our… — Rumi Copy Share Image
If reason dominates in man, he rises higher than angels. If lust overpowers man, he descends lower than the beast. — 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
People are distracted by objects of desire, and afterward repent of the lust they've indulged, because they have indulged with a phantom… — Rumi Copy Share Image
When you have indulged a lust, your wing drops off; you become lame, abandoned by a fantasy. …People fancy they are enjoying… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Disharmony prevails when you confuse Lust with LOVE, while the distance between the two is endless! — Rumi Copy Share Image
People are distracted by objects of desire, and afterwards repent of the lust they've indulged, because they have indulged with a phantom… — 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
