Rumi Quotes: Life and the Soul

It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I've gone and come back, I'll find it at home
It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I’ve gone and come back, I’ll find it at home

 

Rumi Quotes: Life and the Soul

 

Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.

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All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.

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In the world there is naught so wondrous as the sun, but the Sun of the soul sets not and has no yesterday.

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Bread is the food of the body, yet consider, How can it be the food of the soul, son?

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

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Hidden things are manifested by their opposites.

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Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.

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Virtue cannot exist without temptation and difficulties to be overcome.

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Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

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Rumi #quote
Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.
Rumi #quote
Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.
Rumi #quote
Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.
Rumi #quote
Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.
Rumi #quote
Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.
Rumi #quote
Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.
Rumi #quote
Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.
Rumi #quote
Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.
Rumi #quote
Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.

 

 

Rumi #quote
It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I’ve gone and come back, I’ll find it at home

 

Rumi #quote
Virtue cannot exist without temptation and difficulties to be overcome.
Rumi #quote
Virtue cannot exist without temptation and difficulties to be overcome.

 

 

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Author: Angela Grant

Angela Grant is a medical doctor. For 22 years, she practiced emergency medicine and internal medicine. She studied for one year at Harvard T. H Chan School Of Public Health. She writes about culture, race, and health.

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