One went to the door of the Beloved and knocked. A voice asked, “Who is there?” He answered, “It is I.” The voice said, “There is no room for Me and Thee.” The door was shut. After a year of solitude and deprivation he returned and knocked. A voice from within asked, “Who is there?” The man said, “It is […]
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “Yesterday, I was clever so I wanted to change the world…”
Yesterday, I was clever so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “No believers or unbelievers…”
Be certain in the religion of Love there are no believers or unbelievers. Love embraces all. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “One of the marvels of the world…”
One of the marvels of the world is the sight of a soul sitting in prison with the key in his hand. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “The spiritual path wrecks the body and afterwards restores it to health…”
The spiritual path wrecks the body and afterwards restores it to health. It destroys the house to unearth the treasure, and with that treasure builds it better than before. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “This being human is a guest house…”
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes As an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some […]
Rainer Maria Rilke Quote – “For one human being to love another human being…”
For one human being to love another human being: that is perhaps the most difficult task that has been entrusted to us, the ultimate task, the final test and proof, the work for which all other work is merely preparation. Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 – 1926)
Rainer Maria Rilke Quote – “Believe in a love that is being stored up for you…”
But believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance and trust that in this love there is a strength and a blessing, out beyond which you do not have to step in order to go very far! Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 – 1926)
Rainer Maria Rilke Quote – “Love your solitude and bear with sweet-sounding lamentation…”
Love your solitude and bear with sweet-sounding lamentation the suffering it causes you. For those who are near you are far, you say, and that shows it is beginning to grow wide about you. And when what is near you is far, then your distance is already among the stars and very large; rejoice in your growth, in which you […]
Rainer Maria Rilke Quote – “This is how he grows: by being defeated, decisively…”
The Man Watching I can tell by the way the trees beat, after so many dull days, on my worried windowpanes that a storm is coming, and I hear the far-off fields say things I can’t bear without a friend, I can’t love without a sister. The storm, the shifter of shapes, drives on across the woods and across time, […]