“Take sips of this pure wine being poured. Don't mind that you've been given a dirty cup.” Quote by Rumi
“There's a hidden sweetness in the stomach's emptiness. We are lutes, no more, no less. If the soundbox is stuffed full of anything, no music.... When you're full of food and drink, Satan sits where your spirit should.” IfsShouldSpiritDrinkSatanEmptinessStomachSweetnessFood And Drink Author:Rumi
“No one knows what makes the soul wake up so happy! Maybe a dawn breeze has blown the veil from the face of God.” KnowsSoulFacesWake UpDawnVeilsBreeze Author:Rumi
“He is a letter to everyone. You open it. It says, Live.” LoveMeditationLetters Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“Love is a madman, working his wild schemes, tearing off his clothes, running through the mountains...” RunningLove IsMountainClothesSchemesMadmen Author:Rumi
“You've been walking the ocean's edge, holding up your robes to keep them dry. You must dive naked under, and deeper under, a thousand times deeper!” WalkingThousandOceanEdgesDeeperNakedDryRobesDeeper Love Author:Rumi
“What does this patch-sewing mean you ask? Eating and drinking. The heavy cloak of the body is always getting torn. You patch it with food and other ego-satisfactions.” MeanDoeBodyAsksEgoEatingDrinkingSatisfactionHeavyTornPatchesCloaksSewingEating And Drinking Author:Rumi
“Don't put blankets over the drum! Open completely. Let your spirit ear listen to the green dome's passionate murmur.” SpiritEarsGreenPassionateBlanketDomes Author:Rumi
“That hurt we embrace becomes joy. Call it to your arms where it can change.” JoyHurtArmsEmbrace Author:Rumi
“Purify your eyes, and see the pure world. Your life will fill with radiant forms.” WorldEyeFormPureRadiant Author:Rumi
“Sorrows are the rags of old clothes and jackets that serve to cover, and then are taken off. That undressing, and the beautiful naked body underneath, is the sweetness that comes after grief.” BodyBeautifulGriefTakenSorrowClothesNakedSweetnessJacketsRagsUndressingOld Clothes Author:Rumi
