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“The men of God are like fishes in the ocean; they pop up into view on the surface here and there and everywhere, as they please.”

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Rumi, also known as Jalal al-Din Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic. His poetry is renowned for its profound philosophy, beautiful language, and strong emotions, and has had a profound impact on the world. more

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Author:Rumi

“Lovers think they are looking for each other, but there is only one search: wandering This world is wandering that, both inside one transparent sky. In here there is no dogma and no heresy.”

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Book:The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi

Source: The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi

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Book:The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi

Source: The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi

“When you see anyone complaining of such and such a person's ill-nature and bad temper, know that the complainant is bad-tempered, forasmuch as he speaks ill of that bad-tempered person, because he alone is good-tempered who is quietly forbearing towards the bad-tempered and ill-natured.”

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Author:Rumi

“Many have been led astray by the Qur'an: by clinging to that rope many have fallen into the well. There is no fault in the rope, O perverse man, for it was you who had no desire to reach the top.”

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Author:Rumi

“The miracle of Jesus is himself, not what he said or did about the future. Forget the future. I'd worship someone who could do that.”

Said Jesus Forget Worship Miracle

Book:The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi

Source: The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi

“Priorities like winning the War on Terror and providing tax relief that will keep our economy growing strong.”

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“The cure for pain is in the pain. Good and bad are mixed. If you don't have both, you don't belong with us.”

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Book:The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi

Source: The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi

“The intellectual is always showing off, the lover is always getting lost. The intellectual runs away. afraid of drowning; the whole business of love is to drown in the sea. Intellectuals plan their repose; lovers are ashamed to rest. The lover is always alone. even surrounded by people; like water and oil, he remains apart. The man who goes to the trouble of giving advice to a lover get nothing. He's mocked by passion. Love is like musk. It attracts attention. Love is a tree, and the lovers are its shade.”

Source: Love's Ripening: Rumi on the Heart's Journey

“Passion makes the old medicine new: Passion lops off the bough of weariness. Passion is the elixir that renews: how can there be weariness when passion is present? Oh, don't sigh heavily from fatigue: seek passion, seek passion, seek passion!”

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Book:'Another city'. a selectionf of poems from the Persian

Source: 'Another city'. a selectionf of poems from the Persian