Tis easy to break an idol, very easy: to regard the self as easy to subdue is folly, folly. — Rumi Copy Share Image
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
When you lose all sense of self the bonds of a thousands chains will vanish. Lose yourself completely, return to the root… — Rumi Copy Share Image
THIS TORTURE Why should we tell you our love stories when you spill them together like blood in the dirt? Love is… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Love is reckless; not reason. Reason seeks a profit. Loves comes on strong, consuming herself unabashed. Yet in the midst of suffering… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Shut your eyes so the heart may become your eye, and with that vision look upon another world. If you can step… — Rumi Copy Share Image
You have mourned over others; now sit down for a while and weep over your own self. — Rumi Copy Share Image
To become spiritual, you must die to self, and come alive in the Lord. Only then will the mysteries of God fall… — Rumi Copy Share Image
I honor those who try to rid themselves of any lying, who empty the self and have only clear being there. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Humble yourself, you’ll grow greater than the world.Your Self will be revealed to you, without you. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Work on your stony qualities and become resplendent like the ruby. Practice self-denial and accept difficulty. Always see infinite life in letting… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Purify yourself from the attributes of self, so that you may see your own pure, untarnished essence. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Absorbed in this world, you've made it your burden. Rise above this world. There is another vision. All your life you've paid… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Say Bismillah, In the name of God, as the shaykh does with a knife when he offers an animal. Bismillah your old… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Students of cunning have consumed their hearts and learned only tricks; they've thrown away real riches: patience, self-sacrifice, generosity. Rich thought opens… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Journeys bring power and love back into you. If you can't go somewhere, move in the passageways of the self. They are… — Rumi Copy Share Image
If you wish to shine like day, burn up the night of self-existence. Dissolve in the Being who is everything. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Humble living does not diminish. It fills. Going back to a simpler self gives wisdom. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Journey from the self to the Self and find the mine of gold. Leave behind what is sour and bitter and move… — 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
