Greatest Quotes #30: Jalaluddin Rumi

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My spirit saw how dull and down I was and came and sat laughing on my bed. Holding my brow, "Sweetheart, I can't bear to see you like this!”

Jalaluddin Rumi


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روحیست بی نشان و ما غرقه در نشانش
روحیست بی مکان و سر تا قدم مکانش
خواهی که تا بیابی، یک لحظه ای مجویش
خواهی که تا بدانی، یک لحظه ای مدانش

We may know who we are or we may not
We may be Muslims, Jews or Christians
but until our hearts become the mould for every heart
we will only see our differences.

Your sweetest blasphemy is the truest devotion. Through you a whole world is freed.

The wailing of broken hearts is the doorway to God.

Be crumbled.
So wild flowers will come up where you are.
You have been stony for too many years.
Try something different. Surrender.

Most people guard against going into the fire and so end up in it. Those who love the water of pleasure and make it their devotion are cheated with this reversal. The trickery goes further. The voice of the fire tells the truth, sayin I am not fire. I am fountainhead. Come into me and don’t mind the sparks. If you are a friend of the presence, fire is your water.

There's a path from me to you
I'm constantly looking for,
so I try to keep clear and still
as water does with the moon.

You are the source of the sun.
And I am the willow's shadow.
Oh, you have struck me on the head,
Wretch that I am, on fire am I.

You are guardian of a treasure,
Oh, just like a sleeping serpent
And you shall see, I shall make you
Spin around like that sleepy snake.
Listen to me.

Every part of you has a secret language. Your hands and your feet say what you have done. Every need brings in what’s needed. Pain bears its cure like a child.