Hungry, you're a dog, angry and bad-natured. having eaten your fill, you become a carcass; you lie down like a wall, senseless. At one time a dog, at another time a carcass, how will you run with lions, or follow the saints?
Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that God has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him. - Rumi
Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that God has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him.
- Rumi
Leave that which is not, but appears to be. Seek that which is, but is not apparent. - Rumi
Leave that which is not, but appears to be. Seek that which is, but is not apparent.
Whatever purifies you is the correct road. - Rumi
Whatever purifies you is the correct road.
Smiles come best from those who weep. - Rumi
Smiles come best from those who weep.
Appear as you are, or be as you appear. - Rumi
Appear as you are, or be as you appear.
Listen to presences inside poems. - Rumi
Listen to presences inside poems.
The rule that covers everything is: how you are with others, expect that back. - Rumi
The rule that covers everything is: how you are with others, expect that back.
Let yourself become living poetry. - Rumi
Let yourself become living poetry.
Love cannot be described. It must be tasted. - Rumi
Love cannot be described. It must be tasted.
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