Die before ye die! Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “Don’t be satisfied with stories…”
But don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth, without complicated explanation, so everyone will understand the passage. We have opened you. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “Lovers do not themselves seek and yearn…”
Lovers do not themselves seek and yearn. In all the world there is no one seeking but He! Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “If the Beloved is everywhere, the lover is a veil…”
If the Beloved is everywhere, the lover is a veil, but when living itself becomes the Friend, lovers disappear. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quote – “One went to the door of the Beloved and knocked…”
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 […]