“The testing of good and bad is in order that the gold may boil and bring the scum to the top.”
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Famous Rumi Quotes
“Whenever they rebuild an old building, they must first of all destroy the old one.”
“Life s picture is constantly undergoing change. The spirit beholds a new world every moment.”
“Greed makes man blind and foolish, and makes him an easy prey for death.”
“Discard yourself and thereby regain yourself. Spread the trap of humility and ensnare love.”
“A lover's life lies in death. You shall not find a heart without losing the heart.”
“Be full of sorrow, that you may become hill of joy; weep, that you may break into laughter.”
“For the water animals, the ocean is like a garden; for the land animals, it is death and pain.”
“Snake's poison is life to the snake; it is in relation to man that it means "death.”
“In Winter the bare boughs that seem to sleep Work covertly, preparing for their Spring.”
“Tis easy to break an idol, very easy: to regard the self as easy to subdue is folly, folly.”
“The Past, the Future, O dear, is from you; you should regard both these as one.”
“Iron was black and sheenless, but cleansing and polishing washed away its blackness.”
“Friendship of the wise is good; a wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.”
“Remember God so much that you are forgotten.”
Source: Love is a Stranger
Source: 'Another city'. a selectionf of poems from the Persian
“Drink from the presence of saints, not from those other jars.”
Source: 'Another city'. a selectionf of poems from the Persian
Source: The Rumi Collection
“Infinite mercy flows continually But you're asleep and can't see it.”