“…life is the work of the spirit trying to have a human experience.” — Holly Lynn Payne Copy Share Image
“A jasper from a pearl you can distinguish The day belief in your self you relinquish,” — Jawid Mojaddedi Copy Share Image
“The point is to turn your grief into love. The roses are helping you find grace.” — Holly Lynn Payne Copy Share Image
“I have hundreds of problems. I just swim above them so they can’t touch me.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
“Burdened no more is soul for whom life flows through dance and not breath.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“Only union with you gives joy. The rest if tearing down one building to put up another.” — Rumi Copy Share Image
“Caution not spirit, let it roam wild; for in that natural state dance embraces divine frequency.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“We are not in pursuit of happiness; we are searching for a reason to be happy. That reason gives meaning to life,… — Dr. Farid Mostamand Copy Share Image
“Alas! the forbidden fruits were eaten, And thereby the warm life of reason congealed. A grain of wheat eclipsed the sun of… — Rumi Masnavi-I Ma'navi Copy Share Image
“You collide with destiny caught up in the mystery of walking the halls of a mind that's only inclined to recognize &… — Curtis Tyrone Jones Copy Share Image
“Transcend the terrestrial; surpass the celestial, from nature’s hands when you receive the sublime pleasures of dance.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“You dance inside my chest, where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.” — Rumi Copy Share Image
“I keep holding up the mirror of the sun, so you can see the stunning reflections of everything you’re becom- ing.” — Curtis Tyrone Jones Copy Share Image
“You know you have received the invitation when your heart is ready to risk everything to hold the hand of God.” — Holly Lynn Payne Copy Share Image
“Our every cell can hear everything that is happening around us. Only it can’t reach the level of our collective consciousness.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
“In his mystical epic "The Rhyming Spiritual Couplets" (Mathnawi-yi ma'nawi), Rumi frequently celebrates the Religion of Love. The following verse from his… — Hossein Elahi Ghomshei PhD Copy Share Image
“The glow of the Mathnawî’s inspiration has never been extinguished in Bosnia, even as its people were forced to endure trying hardships,… — Emin Lelic Copy Share Image
“…the work of the (Muslim Sufi) dervish community was to open the heart, explore the mystery of union, to fiercely search for… — Coleman Barks Copy Share Image
“We watch a sunlight dust dance, and we try to be that lively, but nobody knows what music those particles hear. Each… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“Audience of angels descend in the ambiance reciting praises in your glory, when you wear your dance shoes, when you arrive at… — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“It is warmer here. Can you see the light? Trust it. It is safe. It has lived a long time. It has… — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
“I died as mineral and became a plant, I died as plant and rose to animal, I died as animal and I… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“From a snake-catcher someone stole a snake; The fool saw as success this huge mistake From that snake’s bite its owner thus… — Jawid Mojaddedi Copy Share Image
“ The Prodigal Son They gave the deep end of their heart--a hue of crimson red, They whispered their desire and offered… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“i was dead i came alive i was tears i became laughter all because of love when it arrived my temporal life… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“With what work at you occupied, and for what purpose are you purchased? What sort of bird are you, and with what… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“Didn't I Tell You Didn’t I tell you Do not leave me for I am your only Friend, I am the spring… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“Hasan, the Begger: Believe it or not, they call this purgatory on earth “holy-suffering”. I am a leper stuck in limbo. Neither… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“For despite what some people say, love is not a sweet feeling bound to come and quickly go away. In many ways… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
![“With what work at you occupied, and for what purpose are you purchased? What sort of bird are you, and with what digestive are you eaten? Pass up this shop of hagglers and seek the shop of Abundance where God is the purchaser [Quran 9:111]. There Compassion has bought the shabby goods no one else…” quote by Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/684/rumi-56_masnavi_with-what-work-at-you-occupied-and-for-w_3001218.jpg)
