Rumi Quotes About Spiritual Growth
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Most people guard against going into the fire, and so end up in it.
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My friend, the sufi is the friend of the present moment. To say tomorrow is not our way.
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I was a tiny bug. Now a mountain. I was left behind. Now honored at the head. You healed my wounded hunger and anger, and made me a poet who sings about joy.
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We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.
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If your guidance is your ego, don't rely on luck for help. you sleep during the day and the nights are short. By the time you wake up your life may be over.
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No mirror ever became iron again; No bread ever became wheat; No ripened grape ever became sour fruit. Mature yourself and be secure from a change for the worse. Become the light.
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Close both eyes to see with the other eye.
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People of the world don't look at themselves, and so they blame one another.
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To praise is to praise how one surrenders to the emptiness.
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Friends are enemies sometimes, and enemies friends.
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The agony of lovers burns with the fire of passion. Lovers leave traces of where they've been. The wailing of broken hearts is the doorway to God.
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The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart
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You think the shadow is the substance.
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No longer a stranger, you listen all day to these crazy love-words. Like a bee you fill hundreds of homes with honey, though yours is a long flight from here.
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The middle path is the way to wisdom
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Every object, every being...is a jar full of delight.
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Nightingales are put in cages because their songs give pleasure. Whoever heard of keeping a crow?
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Since in order to speak, one must first listen, learn to speak by listening.
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Thirst drove me down to the water where I drank the moon's reflection.
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