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Quotes by Persian Authors

"Let go of your mind and then be mindful.Close your ears and listen!"

"Let go of your mind and then be mindful.Close your ears and listen!"

Rumi, Persian Poet

Mindfulness, Mind, Listening, Peace

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"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

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"Knowledge that is acquiredis not like this. Those who have it worry ifaudiences like it or not.It's a bait for popularity.Disputational knowing wants customers.It has no soul...The only real customer is God.Chew quietlyyour sweet sugarcane God-Love, and stayplayfully childish."

"Knowledge that is acquiredis not like this. Those who have it worry ifaudiences like it or not.It's a bait for popularity.Disputational knowing wants customers.It has no soul...The only real customer is God.Chew quietlyyour sweet sugarcane God-Love, and stayplayfully childish."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Wisdom, Knowledge, Acquisition, Popularity, Audience

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"There are as many ways of loving as there are people, and that wildflower variety is the great beauty of this dimension of existence."

"There are as many ways of loving as there are people, and that wildflower variety is the great beauty of this dimension of existence."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Love, Variety, Emotion, Diversity

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"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

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"Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love."

"Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Passion, Love, Desire, Inspirational

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"When I am with you, we stay up all night.When you're not here, I can't go to sleep.Praise God for those two insomnias!And the difference between them."

"When I am with you, we stay up all night.When you're not here, I can't go to sleep.Praise God for those two insomnias!And the difference between them."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Relationship, Love, Presence, Absence, Emotion

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"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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"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

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"Travel brings power and love back into your life."

"Travel brings power and love back into your life."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Adventure, Travel, Love, Power, Joy

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"My friend, you thought you lost Him;that all your life you've been separated from Him.Filled with wonder, you've always looked outside for Him,and haven't searched within your own house."

"My friend, you thought you lost Him;that all your life you've been separated from Him.Filled with wonder, you've always looked outside for Him,and haven't searched within your own house."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Spiritual, God, Truth, Self

2

"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

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"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

2

"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

1

"I made an oath to myself:as long as I liveas long as my soul remains in this bodyI won't deviate from the right waybut later I looked to my left and then to my rightand I saw our beloved everywherehow could I make a wrong turn?"

"I made an oath to myself:as long as I liveas long as my soul remains in this bodyI won't deviate from the right waybut later I looked to my left and then to my rightand I saw our beloved everywherehow could I make a wrong turn?"

Rumi, Persian Poet

Morality, Promise, Self, Life

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"Give up to grace. The ocean takes care of each wave 'til it gets to shore. You need more help than you know."

"Give up to grace. The ocean takes care of each wave 'til it gets to shore. You need more help than you know."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Spiritual, Surrender, Grace, Support, Nature

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"Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged."

"Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Spiritual, Religion, Faith, Mystery, Diversity

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"Love comes with a knife, not some shy question, and not with fears for its reputation!"

"Love comes with a knife, not some shy question, and not with fears for its reputation!"

Rumi, Persian Poet

Passion, Love, Fear, Reputation

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"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

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"Woman is the light of God."

"Woman is the light of God."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Spiritual, Woman, Light, God

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