My dear heart, never think you are better than others. Listen to their sorrows with compassion. If you want peace, don't harbor bad thoughts, do not gossip and don't teach what you do not know.
RumiRead
Forgive: if you never know forgiveness, _x000D_ You'll never know the blessings that God gives.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Forgiveness is essential to experiencing the full blessings in life.
In this quote, Rumi emphasizes the transformative power of forgiveness, suggesting that without embracing this virtue, one remains unfulfilled and disconnected from the blessings bestowed by God. It indicates that holding onto grievances limits our capacity to appreciate and experience the richness of life and spirituality.
Themes
ForgivenessBlessingsLifeSpirituality
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about personal growth, one might say, 'As Rumi reminds us, we must forgive to truly experience life's blessings.'
More from Rumi
All quotes βThe Law of Wonder rules my life at last, _x000D_ ...I burn each second of my life to Love _x000D_ Each second of my life burns out in Love _x000D_ In each leaping second Love lives afresh.
RumiRead
Lovers have heartaches _x000D_ That can't be cured by drugs _x000D_ Or sleep, _x000D_ Or games, _x000D_ But only by seeing their beloved.
RumiRead
Every fragile beauty, every perfect forgotten sentence, you grieve their going away, but that is not how it is. Where they come from never goes dry. It is an always flowing spring.
RumiRead
Whatever you keep hidden in your heart, God _x000D_ manifests in you outwardly. Whatever the root of _x000D_ the tree feeds on in secret, affects the bough and _x000D_ the leaf.
RumiRead
Come on sweetheart let's adore one another before there is no more of you and me
RumiRead
Similar quotes
The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.
Rabindranath TagoreRead
You can cut down a tree with a hammer, but it takes about 30 days. If you trade the hammer for an ax, you can cut it down in about 30 minutes. The difference between 30 days and 30 minutes is skills.
Jim RohnRead
By the age of forty, a man is responsible for his face. And his fate.
Edward AbbeyRead
Fear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last.
Ralph KeyesRead
I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.
Thomas JeffersonRead
It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of today.
Henry David ThoreauRead