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Quotes from A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations — Rumi

1207–1273 Afghanistan

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Love is the water of life; receive it in thy heart and soul.

Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)

Woman is a ray of God, not a mere mistress,
The Creator’s self as it were, not a mere creature!

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The life of this world is a truce between opposites.

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Why, when God’s earth is so wide, have you fallen asleep in prison?

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The soul of the prophet cares for nought but God,
It has nothing to do with approving or disapproving His works.

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Cease to behave as wolves and dogs that you may experience the Shepherd’s love.

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He, the door of whose breast has been opened, sees the sun reflected in every atom.

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Every moment the voice of Love is coming from left and right
We are bound for heaven; who has a mind to sight-seeing?

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Except in the house of communion with God there is no peace.

Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)

Prize not at all life that has passed without love,
Love is the water of life: receive it in thy heart and soul.

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One impulse from God is better than a hundred efforts.

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The strength of strongest man can merely split a stone,
The power that informs man’s soul can cleave the moon.

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As there are many demons with men’s faces,
It is wrong to join hands with every one.

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You wish to have both God and the base world together,
This is impossible, ridiculous and mad.

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Love is that flame which, when it is kindled,
Devours everything except the Beloved.

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Our earthly passions are a part of hell
And the parts always share the nature of the whole.

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You have seen the mountain, not the mine within the mountain.

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I extracted the marrow of the Koran, and threw the bone to the dogs.

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Repentance lights on him who tests one tested already.

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Thy light is at once joined with all things and apart from all.

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