Being human Quote by Rumi Download Open image “The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in.” — Rumi ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Being human Dark Dark thoughts Doors House guests Inspirational sufi Invites Laughing Malice Meanness Radical acceptance Shame
“They were painfully clean. But inwardly they stank. Never once did they opened the door that leads to the soul; never once did they… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
They were painfully clean. But inwardly they stank. Never once had they opened the door which leads to the soul; never once did they… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“There's wickedness, dark as night. There are things that are wicked and if you touch them, they know you. They know where to find… — S.P. Miskowski Copy Share Image
In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame… — John Leonard Copy Share Image
“They were embarking on a journey into the darkness inside themselves.” — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“Like prisoners and shepherds, many of them didn't care who they had sex with, the idea being that what happens in the dark stays… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“All the suffering and torment wrought at places of execution, in torture chambers, madhouses, operating theatres, under the arches of bridges in late autumn—all… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“The rapid nightfall of mid-December had quite beset the little village as they approached it on soft feet over a first thin fall of… — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
“The others went upstairs, a slow unwilling procession. If this had been an old house, with creaking wood, and dark shadows, and heavily panelled… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Even two people who are no more than friends by daylight can fell prey to the influence of a secret dark room.” — Cecilia Grant Copy Share Image
In the dark of the night, evil will find her. In the dark of the night just before dawn. Revenge will be sweet when… — Anastasia Copy Share Image
“A misstep many make: they mistake darkness for meaning. They think light is easy. They think light will find a way through the crack… — Melanie Gideon Wife 22 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
The concept of humanity is an especially useful ideological instrument of imperialist expansion, and in its ethical-humanitarian form it is a specific vehicle of… — Carl Schmitt 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
“There are no greater or truer lords, gods, fathers, sons or holy spirits, than the humans. Humans are the highest beings on earth.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but if we… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
We’re built to deal with death, disease, failure, struggle, heartbreak, problems. It’s what separates us from the animals and why we envy and love… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
“There are countless reasons to be jealous. But that doesn’t mean you have to succumb to them.” — Beth Revis Copy Share Image
“I honour the clarity of the present moment, and the stillness at the centre of being (mine & others), even in the midst of… — Jay Woodman Copy Share Image
It's the strangest thing about being human: to know so much, to communicate so much, and yet always to fall so drastically short of… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
Virtue is something you have to get good at, like playing the trombone or tolerating bores at parties. Being a virtuous human being takes… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Heartbreak is our indication of sincerity: in a love relationship, in a work, in trying to learn a musical instrument, in the attempt to… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
The Gnostics believed that exile was the essential condition of man. Do you agree? I do. The artist and the addict both wrestle with… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
“Either way, you were connected. By your desires. By your defiance. By the simple, complicated fact of who you were.” — David Levithan Copy Share Image