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how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.” ― Rumi,
“My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.” ― Rumi
“Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.” ― Rumi
“Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.” ― Rumi
“Travel brings power and love back into your life.” ― Rumi
“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.” ― Rumi
“A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home.” ― Rumi
“Two there are who are never satisfied -- the lover of the world and the lover of knowledge.” ― Rumi
“Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.” ― Rumi
“Reason is powerless in the expression of Love.” ― Rumi
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.” ― Rumi
“You wander from room to room Hunting for the diamond necklace That is already around your neck!” ― Rumi
“I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way. Whoever brought me here will have to take me home.” ― Rumi
“These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.” ― Rumi
“You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.” ― Rumi
“Beauty surrounds us.” ― Rumi
“The moon stays bright when it doesn't avoid the night.” ― Rumi
“They say there is a doorway from heart to heart, but what is the use of a door when there are no walls?” ― Rumi
“When someone is counting out gold for you, don't look at your hands, or the gold. Look at the giver.” ― Rumi
“I am your moon and your moonlight too I am your flower garden and your water too I have come all this way, eager for you Without shoes or shawl I want you to laugh To kill all your worries To love you To nourish you.” ― Rumi
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” ― Rumi
“Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.” ― Rumi
“All people on the planet are children, except for a very few. No one is grown up except those free of desire.” ― Rumi
You descended from Adam, by the pure Word of God, but you turned your sight to the empty show of this world. Alas, how can you be satisfied with so little? So come, return to the root of the root of your own soul. Why are you so enchanted by this world when a mine of gold lies within you? Open your eyes and come --- Return to the root of the root of your own soul.
“Moonlight floods the whole sky from horizon to horizon; How much it can fill your room depends on its windows.” ― Rumi
“Is it really so that the one I love is everywhere?” ― Rumi
“There are lovers content with longing. I’m not one of them.” ― Rumi
“Anyone who knows me, should learn to know me again; For I am like the Moon, you will see me with new face everyday.” ― Rumi
“Run from what's comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live.
“I once had a thousand desires. But in my one desire to know you all else melted away.” ― Rumi
“If in thirst you drink water from a cup, you see God in it. Those who are not in love with God will see only their own faces in it.” ― Rumi
“Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it.” ― Rumi
“You think of yourself as a citizen of the universe. You think you belong to this world of dust and matter. Out of this dust you have created a personal image, and have forgotten about the essence of your true origin” ― Rumi
“Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.” ― Rumi
“The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart” ― Rumi
“I am yours. Don't give myself back to me.” ― Rumi
“Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.” ― Rumi
“If in the darkness of ignorance, you don’t recognize a person’s true nature, look to see whom he has chosen for his leader.” ― Rumi
“Whoever's calm and sensible is insane!” ― Rumi
“let's get away from all the clever humans who put words in our mouth let's only say what our hearts desire.” ― Rumi
