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Famous Rumi Quotes
“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
“When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it.”
“Two there are who are never satisfied -- the lover of the world and the lover of knowledge.”
“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”
“Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.”
“A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home.”
“Who could be so lucky? Who comes to a lake for water and sees the reflection of moon.”
“In Silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves.”
“Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.”
“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
“Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”
“Remember. The way you make love is the way God will be with you.”
“I know you're tired but come, this is the way.”
“Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”
“My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.”
“A mountain keeps an echo deep inside itself. That's how I hold your voice.”
“I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.”
“Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.”
“Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”
“Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.”
“Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.”
“Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.”
“The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep.”
“In your light I learn how to love.”
“Gamble everything for love, if you're a true human being.”
“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”