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.
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My soul Is Naked. _x000D_ It wears The Transparent Garment Of Love.
Interpretation
This quote expresses the idea that true intimacy and love reveal one's innermost self.
Rumi's quote reflects the notion that love strips away the defenses we build around ourselves, exposing our innermost being. When we are truly in love, our vulnerabilities and authentic selves come to the forefront, much like a naked soul adorned with a 'transparent garment' that symbolizes purity and openness in our relationships.
In practice
In a heartfelt wedding speech, one might use this quote to emphasize the depth of love shared between partners.
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.
The 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.
Lovers have heartaches _x000D_ That can't be cured by drugs _x000D_ Or sleep, _x000D_ Or games, _x000D_ But only by seeing their beloved.
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.
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.
Come on sweetheart let's adore one another before there is no more of you and me
Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die
When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east," she said sadly. "When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When my womb quickens again, and I bear a living child. Then you will return, my sun-and-stars, and not before." -Daenerys Targaryen
When we love someone our love becomes demonstrable or real only through our exertion - through the fact that for that someone (or for ourself) we take an extra step or walk an extra mile. Love is not effortless. To the contrary, love is effortful.
Ulysses was not comely, but he was eloquent, Yet he fired two goddesses of the sea with love
When you engage in fulfilling the needs of others, your own needs are fulfilled as a by-product.
You are right,β he had said. βLove is not the word. No one can love his neighbor. Say, rather, βKnow thy neighbor as thyself.β That is, comprehend his hardships and understand his position, deal with his faults as gently as with your own. Do not judge him where you do not judge yourself. Madame, this is the meaning of the word love.
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