Poverty is not for the sake of hardship. No, it is there because nothing exists but Allah. Poverty unlocks the door -… — Rumi Copy Share Image
When you resolve to become pious, the devil in your nature cries out at you, "Tread not those paths, O confused one;… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Last night my teacher taught me the lesson of Poverty: Having nothing and wanting nothing. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Whatever posessions and objects of its desires the lower self may obtain, it hangs on to them, refusing to let them go… — 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
