Rumi

“Atom, you want to flee the sun? Madman, give up! You're a jar; fate's a stone- kick against it, and you''l waste…

— Rumi

Nightingales are put in cages because their songs give pleasure. Whoever heard of keeping a crow?

— Rumi

“Očistio sam radionicu unutar samog sebe i odbacio sve idole Shvativši vrijednost ludosti, postao sam slobodan od misli”

— Rumi

Achieve some perfection [excellence] yourself, so that you may not fall into sorrow by seeing the perfection in others.

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Intellect in its effort to explain Love got stuck in the mud like an ass. Love alone could explain love and loving.

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Escape from the black cloud that surrounds you. Then you will see your own light as radiant as the full moon.

— Rumi

Be full of sorrow, that you may become hill of joy; weep, that you may break into laughter.

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Listen, open a window to God and begin to delight yourself by gazing upon Him through the opening.

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Humble living does not diminish. It fills. Going back to a simpler self gives wisdom.

— Rumi

What strange beings we are! That sitting in hell at the bottom of the dark, we're afraid of our own immortality.

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If you want money more than anything, you'll be bought and sold your whole life.

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Believe in love's infinite journey, for it is your own, for you are love. Love is life

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Limp along until your legs are spent, and you fall flat and your energy is drained. Then the grace of the Divine…

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I don't want learning, or dignity, or respectability. I want this music, and this dawn, and the warmth of your cheek against…

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When you are dead, seek for your resting place not in the earth, but in the hearts of men.

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What is the body? That shadow of a shadow of your love, that somehow contains the entire universe.

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There is a life in you, search that life, search the secret jewel in the mountain of your body.

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Burdens are the foundations of ease and bitter things the forerunners of pleasure.

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It's your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you. But no one can walk it for you.

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You know the value of every article of merchandise, but if you don't know the value of your own soul, it's all…

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Now be silent. Let the One who creates the words speak. He made the door. He made the lock. He also made…

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Don't regret what's happened. If it's in the past, LET IT GO. Don't even remember it!

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O tongue you are an endless treasure. O tongue, you are also an endless disease.

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They are the privileged lovers who create a new world with their eyes of fiery passion.

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The only thing that will keep you from finding that which you seek is calling off the search.

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I never really cared for the things of this world. It was the glow of Your Presence that filled it with beauty.

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Not the ones speaking the same language, but the ones sharing the same feeling understand each other.

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Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven.

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Beyond what we wish and what we fear may happen we have another life, as clear and free as a mountain stream.

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“Nisam došao ovdje sa svojom voljom i ne mogu na taj način otići, ko god me je doveo ovdje, morat će me…

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Every prophet and every saint has a way, But all lead to God. All ways are really one.

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Bring anger and pride under your feet, turn them into a ladder and climb higher.

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Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, But love unexplained is clearer.

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Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.

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In this earth, in this immaculate field, we shall not plant any seeds except for compassion, except for love.

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God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites so that you will have two wings to…

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This is what love does and continues to do. It tastes like honey to adults and milk to children.

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Never be without remembrance of Him, for His remembrance gives strength and wings to the bird of the Spirit.

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“There's a field somewhere beyond all doubt and wrong doing. I'll meet you there.”

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Oh lovers, where are you going? Who are you looking for? Your beloved is right here.

— Rumi