“I don't want learning, or dignity, or respectability. I want this music, and this dawn, and the warmth of your cheek against mine.”
― The Essential Rumi
― The Essential Rumi
“Soul, if you want to learn secrets,
your heart must forget about
shame and dignity.
You are God's lover,
yet you worry
what people
are saying.”
― The Essential Rumi
your heart must forget about
shame and dignity.
You are God's lover,
yet you worry
what people
are saying.”
― The Essential Rumi
“These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.”
― The Essential Rumi
― The Essential Rumi
“There's no one with intelligence in this town except that man over there playing with the children, the one riding the stick horse. He has keen, fiery insight and vast dignity like the night sky, but he conceals it in the madness of child's play.”
― The Essential Rumi
― The Essential Rumi
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