Rumi

“When temptation claims your reason, know that misfortune is about to strike. Fall down, prostrate and begin to pray. With flowing tears implore the Lord that He may deliver you from the throes of doubt.

Rumi

“My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.

Rumi

“Now be silent. Let the One who creates the words speak. He made the door. He made the lock. He also made the key.

Rumi

“He has afflicted you
From every direction
In order to pull you back
To the Directionless.

Rumi

“Invoke Him (Allah) with deeds, not words, for deeds are real and will save you in the afterlife.

Rumi

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

Rumi

“Don’t worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?

Rumi

“People of the world don’t look at themselves, and so they blame one another.

Rumi

“Lest the eye of a stranger should fall upon it, do not show off your good deed to men; If your desire from faith is security, seek your security in seclusion.What is the place of seclusion? The house of the heart; become habituated to dwell in the heart; […]Be silent, and practice the art of silence; let go all artful bragging;For the heart is the place of faith, there in the heart hold fast to faithfulness.”

Rumi

“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

Rumi

“If you are looking for a friend who is faultless, you will be friendless.

Rumi

“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

Rumi

“My dear heart, never think you are better than others. Listen to their sorrows with compassion. If you want peace, do not harbor bad thoughts, do not gossip and do not teach what you do not know.

Rumi

“The fault is in the one who blames. The Spirit sees nothing to criticize.

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

“Many prayers are declined because of the rank odor of a corrupt heart rising through the beautiful words. Let the words be wrong, but the meaning right. That flawed utterance is dearer to God.

Rumi

“Many of the faults you see in others, dear ones, are your own nature reflected in them.

Rumi

“When someone criticizes or disagrees with you, a small ant of hatred and antagonism is born in your heart. If you do not squash that ant at once, it might grow into a snake, or even a dragon.”

Rumi

“Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.

Rumi

“Patience does not mean to passively endure. It means to be far sighted enough to trust the end result of a process. What does patience mean? It means to look at the thorn and see the rose, to look at the night and see the dawn. Impatience means to be shortsighted as to not able to see the outcome. The lovers of God never runs out of patience, for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon to become full.

Rumi

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