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Quotes by Persian Authors

"Infinite mercy flows continuallyBut you're asleep and can't see it.The sleeper's robe goes on drinking river waterWhile he frantically hunts mirages in dreamsAnd runs continually here and there shouting,"There'll be water further on, I know!"It's this false thinking that blocks himFrom the path that leads to himself,By always saying, "Further on!"He's become estranged from "here":Because of a false fantasyHe's driven from reality."

"Infinite mercy flows continuallyBut you're asleep and can't see it.The sleeper's robe goes on drinking river waterWhile he frantically hunts mirages in dreamsAnd runs continually here and there shouting,"There'll be water further on, I know!"It's this false thinking that blocks himFrom the path that leads to himself,By always saying, "Further on!"He's become estranged from "here":Because of a false fantasyHe's driven from reality."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Illusion, Truth, Self, Fantasy

10

"You are a volume in the divine booka mirror to the power that created the universewhatever you want, ask it of yourselfwhatever you're looking for can only be foundinside of you."

"You are a volume in the divine booka mirror to the power that created the universewhatever you want, ask it of yourselfwhatever you're looking for can only be foundinside of you."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Spiritual, Self, Universe, Power

10

"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

10

"Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form."

"Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Grief, Loss, Change, Acceptance

10

"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

10

"Beauty surrounds us."

"Beauty surrounds us."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Nature, Beauty, Inspirational, Life

10

"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

9

"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

9

"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

9

"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

9

"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

9

"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

9

"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

9

"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

9

"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

9

"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

9

"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

9

"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

8

"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

8

"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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