Quotes by Persian Authors - Page 2

In the slaughterhouse of love, they kill only the best, none of the weak or deformed. Don't run away from this dying. Whoever's not killed for love is dead meat.
Jalaluddin Rumi
There is some kiss we want with our whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body. Seawaterbegs the pearl to break its shell.and the lily, how passionatelyit needs some wild darling! Atnight, I open the window and askthe moon to come and press itsface against mine. Breathe intome. Close the language door andopen the lovers window. The moonwon’t use the door, only the window.
Jalaluddin Rumi
Lovers find secret placesinside this violent worldwhere they make transactions with beauty.
Jalaluddin Rumi
Love comes with a knife, not some shy question, and not with fears for its reputation!
Jalaluddin Rumi
From "Wetness and Water"How does a part of the world leave the world?How can wetness leave water?Do not try to put out a fireby throwing on more fire.Do not wash a wound with blood.No matter how fast you run,your shadow more than keeps up.Sometimes it's in front.Only full, overhead sundiminishes your shadow.But that shadow has been serving you.What hurts you blesses you.Darkness is your candle.Your boundaries are your quest.
Jalaluddin Rumi
The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens
Bahá'u'lláh
Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.
Jalaluddin Rumi
There is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness.
Hafiz
Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.
Bahá'u'lláh
My tomb shall be in a spot where the north wind may scatter roses over it.
Omar Khayyám
All the tears which we creatures shed for Him are not tears as many think but pearls....
Jalaluddin Rumi
Why struggle to open a door between us when the whole wall is an illusion?
Jalaluddin Rumi
Late, by myself, in the boat of myself,no light and no land anywhere,cloudcover thick. I try to stayjust above the surface, yet I'm already underand living within the ocean.
Jalaluddin Rumi
Anyone who denies the law of non-contradiction should be beaten and burned until he admits that to be beaten is not the same as not to be beaten, and to be burned is not the same as not to be burned.
Avicenna