General Sayings

162 sayings found from the Medieval era from 13 authors

Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

— Rumi 13th Century
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Ignorance is God's prison. Knowledge is God's palace.

— Rumi 13th Century
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The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires.

— Rumi 13th Century
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Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.

— Rumi 13th Century
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Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.

— Rumi 13th Century
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Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.

— Rumi 13th Century
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The rose's rarest essence lives in the thorn.

— Rumi 13th Century
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Whatever you are, be a good one.

— Rumi 13th Century
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The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize.

— Rumi 13th Century
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There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again.

— Rumi 13th Century
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If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?

— Rumi 13th Century
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Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

— Rumi 13th Century
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Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen!

— Rumi 13th Century
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Why should I be melancholy? My heart is a garden of delight.

— Rumi 13th Century
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The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.

— Rumi 13th Century
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There are no mistakes, only lessons.

— Rumi 13th Century
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Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there.

— Rumi 13th Century
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Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You are able to learn from everyone, and everything.

— Rumi 13th Century
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When you lose all sense of self, then you merge with the divine.

— Rumi 13th Century
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The universe is a one-way mirror. You see in, but you can't see out.

— Rumi 13th Century
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