John Balkh
Rumi Poetry
“Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” (Location 56)
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Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, for that tongue of yours is the enemy of the soul, my friend. When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues. (Location 58)
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Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. (Location 85)
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You are not just a drop in the ocean. You are the mighty ocean in the drop. (Location 93)
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Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are. (Location 99)
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The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. (Location 103)
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Take sips of this pure wine being poured. Don’t mind that you’ve been given a dirty cup. (Location 107)
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Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being. (Location 108)
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You left and I cried tears of blood. My sorrow grows. Its not just that You left. But when You left my eyes went with You. Now, how will I cry? (Location 116)
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Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along. (Location 119)
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Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. (Location 121)
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Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray. (Location 158)
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If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished? (Location 185)
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You know the value of every article of merchandise, but if you don't know the value of your own soul, it's all foolishness. (Location 201)
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There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger. (Location 205)
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Yesterday, I was clever so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise so I want to change myself. (Location 213)
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Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life. (Location 217)
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Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment... (Location 219)
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Ignorance is God’s prison. Knowing is God’s palace. (Location 224)
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Before death takes away what you are given, give away what there is to give. (Location 231)
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