Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi quotes and words of wisdom

"Men"s minds perceive second causes, But only prophets perceive the action of the First Cause."
Found in the topic Cause.

"Lovers O lovers, lovers it is time to set out from the world. I hear a drum in my soul"s ear coming from the depths of the stars. Our camel driver is at work; the caravan is being readied. He asks that we forgive him for the disturbance he has caused us, He asks why we travellers are asleep. Everywhere the murmur of departure; the stars, like candles thrust at us from behind blue veils, and as if to make the invisible plain, a wondrous people have come forth."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"The drum of the realization of the promise is beating, we are sweeping the road to the sky. Your joy is here today, what remains for tomorrow?"
Found in the topic Today.

"If thou wilt be observant and vigilant, thou wilt see at every moment the response to thy action. Be observant if thou wouldst have a pure heart, for something is born to thee in consequence of every action."
Found in the topic Action.

"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don"t go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don"t go back to sleep. People are going back and forth across the door sill where two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don"t go back to sleep."
Found in the topic Sleep.

"Inside the Great Mystery that is, we don"t really own anything. What is this competition we feel then, before we go, one at a time, through the same gate?"
Found in the topic Own.

"Every tree and plant in the meadow seemed to be dancing, those which average eyes would see as fixed and still."
Found in the topic Tree.

"Drum sound rises on the air, its throb, my heart. A voice inside the beat says, I know you"re tired, but come. This is the way."
Found in the topic Heart.

"Out beyond ideas of right-doing and wrong-doing there is a field. I"ll meet you there."
Found in the topic Right.

"Don"t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form."
Found in the topic Loquacity.

"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."
Found in the topic Fall.

"We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust."
Found in the topic Nothing.

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