Great Quotes #141: Jalaluddin Rumi (continued)


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Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue. If knowledge of mysteries come after emptiness of mind, that is illumination of heart.

Jalaluddin Rumi


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Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls.

The soul is the source!

We can't help being thirsty, moving toward the voice of water.

Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real sufis just laugh: nothing tyrannizes their hearts. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl.

In your light I learn how to love.

Sit quietly and listen for a voice that will say, "Be more silent." As that happens, your soul starts to revive.

You could string a hundred endless days together,
My soul would find no comfort from this pain.
You laugh at my tale? You may be educated
But you haven’t learned to love till you’re insane.

Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent. Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

Hall of Love has ten thousand swords. Don't be afraid to use one.

A pen went scribbling along. When it tried to write love, it broke.

This that is tormented and very tired,
tortured with restraints like a madman,
this heart.

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