Great Quotes #134: Jalaluddin Rumi (continued)


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Because I cannot sleep i make music in the night.

Jalaluddin Rumi


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The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

There is a loneliness more precious than life. There is a freedom more precious than the world. Infinitely more precious than life and the world is that moment when one is alone with God.

Into this new love, die
your way begins
on the other side
become the sky
take an axe to the prison wall,
escape
walk out like someone
suddenly born into color
do it now.

It's your road, and yours alone.
others may walk it with you,
but no one can walk it for you.

You are the Essence of the Essence,
The intoxication of Love.
I long to sing Your Praises
but stand mute
with the agony of wishing in my heart!

I want a trouble-maker for a lover, blood spiller, blood drinker, a heart of flame, who quarrels with the sky and fights with fate, who burns like fire on the rushing sea.

Your magnificence has made me a wonder. Your charm has taught me the way of love.

Although you see the pit, you cannot avoid it.

There is a secret medicine given only to those who hurt so hard they can't hope.

If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?