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Sayings of Rumi

20 sayings, with the original and the source.

The hidden treasure burst from its fullness; it made the earth brighter than the heavens.RumiA sun hidden in a single mote; suddenly that mote opens its mouth.RumiLove is among the attributes of God, who needs nothing;
loving anything other than Him is metaphor.RumiWhen a lamp takes light from a candle,
whoever sees it has surely seen that candle.RumiWith every breath the world and we are renewed;
yet within this continuity we are unaware that we are being renewed.RumiYesterday is gone, and yesterday's word has passed like yesterday.
Today a fresh word must be spoken.RumiWhatever is in the world is not outside you.
Whatever you want, seek it in yourself; it is you.RumiSilence is the sea, speech is like a river. The sea is seeking you; do not seek the river.RumiBe like water; knotless, slip free from the wound of the teeth. As long as I carry a knot, surely You will pound me and grind me.RumiThe Real created hundreds of thousands of elixirs; man has seen no elixir like patience.RumiThe fly of the spirit fell into this eternal buttermilk:
neither Muslim, nor Christian, nor Magian, nor Jew.RumiMy secret is not far from my lament; but eye and ear lack that light.RumiWhen the mirror of the heart is cleansed and clear, you will see images beyond water and clay.RumiThrough love bitter things turn sweet, through love copper turns to gold.RumiLet me jumble letter, sound and word together, so that without these three I may converse with you.RumiDeath before death is safety, O young man; so did Mustafa command us.RumiThen I become nonexistence; nonexistence, like an organ, tells me: "To Him we shall return."RumiThis cry of the reed is fire, not wind; whoever lacks this fire, let him be nothing.RumiI have tried it: my death is in life; when I am freed from this life, there is permanence.RumiI was dead, I came alive; I was weeping, I became laughter; the reign of love came, and I became an everlasting reign.Rumi