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Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 6h

With love’s own eyes the mirror view, and there see God to self akin.

Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 1d

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

Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 2d

You are a ruby encased in granite. How long will you deceive Us with this outer show?

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Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 3d

Either give me more wine or leave me alone.

Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 4d

Ah! Lover, consider well what is really your beloved.

Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 5d

Lovers find secret places inside this violent world.

Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 6d

With love’s own eyes the mirror view, and there see God to self akin.

Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 7d

Billions of simultaneous motions moving in me.

Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 8d

The whole world is a form for truth.

Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 9d

Do you need a quote from the Quran?

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Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 10d

Every time your spouse or lover says something stupid make your eyes light up as if you just heard something brilliant.

Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 11d

The mystic flies moment to moment. The fearful ascetic drags along month to month.

Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 12d

To your minds there is such a thing as news, whereas to the inner knowing, it’s all in the middle of its happening.

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Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 13d

Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies.

Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 14d

Don’t ask why this delights me.

Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 15d

The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.

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Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 16d

I’m like an ant that’s gotten into the granary, ludicrously happy, and trying to lug out a grain that’s way too big.

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Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 17d

When I remember your love, I weep.

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Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 18d

I want to say words that flame as I say them.

Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 19d

Any love based on physical beauty is not love.

Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 20d

The fertile garden of Love, as it is boundless, contains other fruits besides joy and sorrow.

Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 21d

Patience with small details makes perfect a large work, like the universe.

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Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 22d

A pen went scribbling along but when it wrote love, it broke.

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Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 23d

I once had a thousand desires. But in my one desire to know you all else melted away.

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Rumi Says @rumisays.bsky.social · 24d

Your own essence is your wealth.

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