Rumi Quotes

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• Even when tied in a thousand knots, the string is still but one.
• The ocean of the body crashes against the ocean of the heart. Between them is a barrier they cannot cross.
• All your anxiety is because of your desire for harmony. Seek disharmony, then you will gain peace.
• There is none dwelling in the house but God. When a man is awakened he melts and perishes.
• Giving thanks for abundance is sweeter than the abundance itself...
• If you have no eyes, do not walk blindly; take a staff in your hand. If you have no staff of insight, do not walk…
• God's purpose for man is to acquire a seeing eye and an understanding heart.
• God gave you life and bestowed upon you his attributes; eventually you will return to him.
• The rewards of life and devotion to God are love and inner rapture, and the capacity to receive the light of God.
• It was our Creator who led us through the stages of evolution, from the animal state to the human. His purpose was to make us…
• From the moment you entered this world of existence, a ladder was put in front of you so you could escape.
• Last night you left me and slept your own deep sleep. Tonight you turn and turn. I say, 'You and I will be together till…
• The life of this world is nothing but the harmony of opposites
• A generous friend gives life for a friend let's rise above this animalistic behavior and be kind to one another
• Inside the Great Mystery that is, we don't really own anything. What is this competition we feel then, before we go, one at a time,…
• Love is the Water of Life Everything other than love for the most beautiful God is agony of the spirit, though it be sugar- eating.…
• Wisdom is like the rain. Its source is limitless, but it comes down according to the season.
• Though we seem to be sleeping, there is an inner wakefulness that directs the dream, and will eventually startle us back to the truth of…
• Quit acting like a wolf, and feel the shepherd's love filling you.
• Protect yourself......from your own thoughts.

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