Quotes on “rumi”

When someone beats a rug,the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it.

Do you know what you are?You are a manuscript oƒ a divine letter.You are a mirror reflecting a noble face. This universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself;everything that you want, you are already that.

I was dead, then alive.Weeping, then laughing.The power of love came into me,and I became fierce like a lion,then tender like the evening star.

I know you're tired but come, this is the way.

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.

You think of yourselfas a citizen of the universe.You think you belong to this world of dust and matter.Out of this dustyou have created a personal image,and have forgottenabout the essence of your true origin