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Quotes by Persian Authors

"There is nothing I want but your presence.In friendship, time dissolves.Life is a cup. This connectionis pure wine. What else are cups for?I used to have twenty thousanddifferent desires."

"There is nothing I want but your presence.In friendship, time dissolves.Life is a cup. This connectionis pure wine. What else are cups for?I used to have twenty thousanddifferent desires."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Friendship, Connection, Love, Time

12

"The intelligent desire self-control, children want candy."

"The intelligent desire self-control, children want candy."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Psychology, Desire, Control, Intelligence, Self

12

"If you are seeking, seek us with joyFor we live in the kingdom of joy.Do not give your heart to anything elseBut to the love of those who are clear joy,Do not stray into the neighborhood of despair.For there are hopes: they are real, they exist "Do not go in the direction of darkness "I tell you: suns exist."

"If you are seeking, seek us with joyFor we live in the kingdom of joy.Do not give your heart to anything elseBut to the love of those who are clear joy,Do not stray into the neighborhood of despair.For there are hopes: they are real, they exist "Do not go in the direction of darkness "I tell you: suns exist."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Hope, Seeking, Joy, Kingdom, Love

12

"The world's flattery and hypocrisy is a sweet morsel:eat less of it, for it is full of fire.Its fire is hidden while its taste is manifest,but its smoke becomes visible in the end."

"The world's flattery and hypocrisy is a sweet morsel:eat less of it, for it is full of fire.Its fire is hidden while its taste is manifest,but its smoke becomes visible in the end."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Society, Truth, Reputation, Deception

12

"The deeper the grief, the more radiant the love."

"The deeper the grief, the more radiant the love."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Emotion, Grief, Love, Depth

12

"A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home."

"A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Love, Heart, Emotion, Commitment

12

"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 see only our differences."

"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 see only our differences."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Unity, Diversity, Religion, Heart

12

"It is certain that an atom of goodness on the path of faith is never lost."

"It is certain that an atom of goodness on the path of faith is never lost."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Spiritual, Faith, Goodness, Hope

12

"Inside you there's an artist you don't know about, say yes quickly, if you know, if you've known it from before the beginning of the universe."

"Inside you there's an artist you don't know about, say yes quickly, if you know, if you've known it from before the beginning of the universe."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Self, Artist, Identity, Truth

12

"You're water. We're the millstone.You're wind. We're dust blown up into shapes.You're spirit. We're the opening and closing of our hands. You're the clarity.We're the language that tries to say it.You're joy. We're all the different kinds of laughing."

"You're water. We're the millstone.You're wind. We're dust blown up into shapes.You're spirit. We're the opening and closing of our hands. You're the clarity.We're the language that tries to say it.You're joy. We're all the different kinds of laughing."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Spiritual, Spirit, Joy, Life, Expression

12

"My Beloved. Know that my beloved in hidden from everyone. Know that she is beyond the belief of all belief. sKnow that in my heart she is as clear as the moon. Know that she is the life in my body and in my soul."

"My Beloved. Know that my beloved in hidden from everyone. Know that she is beyond the belief of all belief. sKnow that in my heart she is as clear as the moon. Know that she is the life in my body and in my soul."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Devotion, Love, Belief, Heart, Soul

12

"When you have indulged a lust, your wing drops off;you become lame, abandoned by a fantasy. People fancy they are enjoying themselves,but they are really tearing out their wingsfor the sake of an illusion."

"When you have indulged a lust, your wing drops off;you become lame, abandoned by a fantasy. People fancy they are enjoying themselves,but they are really tearing out their wingsfor the sake of an illusion."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Desire, Lust, Illusion, Fantasy

12

"Remember. The way you make love is the way God will be with you."

"Remember. The way you make love is the way God will be with you."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Spiritual, Love, Divine, Relationship

11

"There is a secret medicine given only to those who hurt so hard they can't hope.The hopers would feel slighted if they knew."

"There is a secret medicine given only to those who hurt so hard they can't hope.The hopers would feel slighted if they knew."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Healing, Pain, Suffering, Hope, Medicine

11

"Where lowland is, that's where water goes. All medicine wants is pain to cure."

"Where lowland is, that's where water goes. All medicine wants is pain to cure."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Health, Medicine, Pain, Cure, Healing

11

"You soak up my soul and mingle me. Each drop of my blood cries out to the earth. We are partners, blended as one."

"You soak up my soul and mingle me. Each drop of my blood cries out to the earth. We are partners, blended as one."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Unity, Soul, Connection, Love

11

"You erased my famine, unpicked my angerYour energy charges my voice, it radiates my heart;Now I am alive with the ore of words pouringFrom my lips like molten lava glittering with joy."

"You erased my famine, unpicked my angerYour energy charges my voice, it radiates my heart;Now I am alive with the ore of words pouringFrom my lips like molten lava glittering with joy."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Expression, Love, Inspirational, Passion, Word

11

"And watch two men washing clothes,one makes dry clothes wet. The other makes wet clothes dry. they seem to be thwarting each other, but their work is a perfect harmony.Every holy person seems to have a different doctrine and practice, but there's really only one work."

"And watch two men washing clothes,one makes dry clothes wet. The other makes wet clothes dry. they seem to be thwarting each other, but their work is a perfect harmony.Every holy person seems to have a different doctrine and practice, but there's really only one work."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Philosophy, Harmony, Work, Duality, Doctrine

10

"I never know what I'm going to say. I don't plan it. When I'm outside the saying of it, I get very quiet and rarely speak at all."

"I never know what I'm going to say. I don't plan it. When I'm outside the saying of it, I get very quiet and rarely speak at all."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Expression, Speech, Silence, Planning

10

"In the slaughterhouse of love, they kill only the best, none of the weak or deformed. Don't run away from this dying. Whoever's not killed for love is dead meat."

"In the slaughterhouse of love, they kill only the best, none of the weak or deformed. Don't run away from this dying. Whoever's not killed for love is dead meat."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Love, Pain, Sacrifice, Death

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