Rumi Masnavi-I Ma'navi quote: "Alas! the forbidden fruits were eaten,<br />And thereby the warm life of reason congealed.<br />A grain of wheat eclipsed the sun of Adam,<br />Like as the Dragon's tail dulls the brightness of the moon."

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May these vows and this marriage be blessed.
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The moment I first heard love I gave up my soul, my heart, and my eyes.
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Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.
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Oh, bird of my soul, fly away now, For I possess a hundred fortified towers.
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Lovers don't finally meet somewhere; they have lived within each other for ages.
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Look for the answer inside your question.
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What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle.
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The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.
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Come out of the circle of time And into the circle of love.
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The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart. -Rumi.
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Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do.
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When I am with you, we stay up all night.
When you're not here, I can't go to sleep.

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All the tears which we creatures shed for Him are not tears as many think but pearls....
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دع العاشق في كونه
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إخفِض صوتك : فالزهر يُنبته المطر، لا الرعد
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أنتَ في القيمة أسمى من العَالَمَيْن كليهما
فماذا يم�...
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قلتُ: أشتهي وصلك
قال: ثمن الوصال ما هو إلا روحك
فهت...
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ما تبحث عنه يبحث عنك
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الموسيقى غذاء كل المحبين.
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You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?
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Be empty of worrying.
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When a bird gets free, it does not go back for remnants left on the bottom of the cage.
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You left ground and sky weeping,
mind and soul full of grief.

No one can take your p...
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every experience will fill with immediacy. Because I love this, I am never bored. Beauty constantly ...
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عشق جان است
عشقِ تو
جان تر

"مولوی
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a subtle argument.

The door there
is devastation. RUMI

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quit being sad. Hear blessings
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Somewhere beyond right and wrong, there is a garden. I will meet you there.
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Love is the whole thing.
We are only pieces.
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Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.
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I once had a thousand desires. But in my one desire to know you all else melted away.
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You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.
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Is it really so that the one I love is everywhere?
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Sit, be still, and listen,
because you're drunk
and we're at
the edge of the roof.
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Brother, stand the pain.
Escape the poison of your impulses.
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Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.
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Heartsick, heartbroken—
To know love is to know pain.
What could be more common?
E...
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The moon stays bright when it doesn't avoid the night.
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Travel brings power and love back into your life.
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You were born with potential.
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The wound is the place where the Light enters you.
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If you desire healing,
let yourself fall ill
let yourself fall ill.
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Let silence take you to the core of life.
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Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
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Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.
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Drunks fear the police
but the police are drunk too.
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I am merely a guest born in this world, to know the secrets that lie beyond it.
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The cure for pain is in the pain.
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Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies.
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Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
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Alas! the forbidden fruits were eaten,
And thereby the warm life of reason congealed.
A grain of wheat eclipsed the sun of Adam,
Like as the Dragon's tail dulls the brightness of the moon.

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Rumi Masnavi-I Ma'navi

Alas! the forbidden fruits were eaten,
And thereby the warm life of reason congealed.
A grain of wheat eclipsed the sun of Adam,
Like as the Dragon's tail dulls the brightness of the moon.

Rumi Masnavi-I Ma'navi

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Alas! the forbidden fruits were eaten,
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