That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration. — Agnes Martin
Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired. — Richard Kemph
It is music that welds spiritual and sensual, that can convey ecstasy free of guilt, faith without dogma, love as homage, and a person at home with nature and the infinite. — Yehudi Menuhin
Just because my path is different doesn't mean I'm lost.
Sufi Love Quotes
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. — Rumi
Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames — Rumi
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you. — Rumi
Our virtues are made by love, and our sins are caused by the lack of it. — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. — Rumi
Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself. — Rumi
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished? — Rumi
The thing we tell of can never be found be seeking, yet only seekers find it. — Bayazid Bastami
Come out of the circle of time
And into the circle of love. — Rumi
When I am with you, we stay up all night. When you're not here, I can't go to sleep. Praise God for those two insomnias! And the difference between them. — Rumi
Sufi Mystic Quotes
Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every heart. — Rumi
When you feel a peaceful joy, that's when you are near truth. — Rumi
There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don't you? — Rumi
Fear has two meanings - Forget Everything And Run or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours.
Gamble everything for love, if you're a true human being. — Rumi
Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you. — Rumi
Study me as much as you like, you will not know me, for I differ in a hundred ways from what you see me to be. Put yourself behind my eyes and see me as I see myself, for I have chosen to dwell in a place you cannot see. — Rumi
Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent. — Kahlil Gibran
There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. — Rumi
From the Muslims I learned from the extraordinary pluralism of the Koran, the fact that the Koran endorses every single one of the major world faiths, but I was particularly enthralled by the Sufi tradition, the mystical tradition of Islam, which is so open to other religious faiths. — Karen Armstrong
Sufi Quotes
When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray. — Rumi
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep. — Rumi
Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear. — Rumi
If I repent now will God forgive me?
No, but if God forgives you, you will repent. — Rabia Basri
Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves — Hazrat Inayat Khan
May Allah steal from you All that steals you from Him. — Rabia Basri
Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come. — Rumi
Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are. — Rumi
If Allah created you for this world, He would have created you without death. — Habib Umar bin Hafiz
Asking good questions is half of learning. — Elijah Muhammad
Sufi Wisdom Quotes
The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart — Rumi
Happy are those who find fault with themselves instead of finding fault with others. — Muhammad
If someone remarks "What an excellent man you are!" and this pleases you more than his saying, "What a bad man you are!" know that you are still a bad man. — Sufyan al-Thawri
If words come out of the heart, they will enter the heart. — Rumi
What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle. — Rumi
Death is the protector of life and life is the process of death. — Wasif Ali Wasif
I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. — Rumi
My heart is so small it's almost invisible. How can You place such big sorrows in it? "Look," He answered, "your eyes are even smaller, yet they behold the world. — Rumi
Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation. — Rumi
Spiritual Inspiration Quotes
Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. — David Bowie
One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life. — Kahlil Gibran
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds — Paul the Apostle
You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. — Deepak Chopra
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. — Albert Einstein
Do the right thing because it is right. — Immanuel Kant
If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them and what you do not know, you will fear. What one fears, one destroys. — Chief Dan George
The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. — Carl Rogers
The real work is in the Heart:
Wake up your Heart! Because when the heart is completely awake,
Then it needs no Friend. — Rabia Basri
In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe. — Michael Jackson
Self Inspirational Quotes
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately. — Henry David Thoreau
Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways. — Sigmund Freud
Facials are my biggest beauty indulgence. Looking good is about having a good base. It's about taking care of your skin. — Halle Berry
The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do. This self-denial is the unique way to usher in God's kingdom and to realize the kingdom life. — Witness Lee
The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised. — Norman Vincent Peale
If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars. — Rabindranath Tagore
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. — Albert Einstein
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. — Kahlil Gibran
There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. — Zig Ziglar
Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine. — Bruce Lee
The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants. — Gichin Funakoshi
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. — Bruce Lee
Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. That is near insanity Kitai. Do not misunderstand me, danger is very real, but fear is a choice. — Will Smith
Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to. — Henry Van Dyke
It is difficult to understand the universe if you only study one planet — Miyamoto Musashi
If you don't give up, eventually you will break the cycle and you will overcome any obstacle. — Lyoto Machida
For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime. — Bruce Lee
The truth is outside of all fixed patterns. — Bruce Lee
Rumi Poetry Quotes
Do you know what you are? You are a manuscript oƒ a divine letter. You are a mirror reflecting a noble face. This universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you are already that. — Rumi
You think of yourself as a citizen of the universe. You think you belong to this world of dust and matter. Out of this dust you have created a personal image, and have forgotten about the essence of your true origin — Rumi
Lovers find secret places inside this violent world where they make transactions with beauty. — Rumi
There is a loneliness more precious than life. There is a freedom more precious than the world. Infinitely more precious than life and the world is that moment when one is alone with God. — Rumi
On the path of Love we are neither masters nor the owners of our lives. We are only a brush in the hand of the Master Painter. — Rumi
Never lose hope, my heart, miracles dwell in the invisible. If the whole world turns against you keep your eyes on the Friend. — Rumi
Rumi is perhaps the greatest mystical poet who ever lived, one of the greatest poets of the Persian language. He was able to express practically all aspects of the spiritual life and our existential situation in the world today as human beings in beautiful Persian poetry. — Seyyed Hossein Nasr
My father was an innovator. He's the first person who sang and set Rumi's poetry into music 35 years, 40 years ago. — Hafez Nazeri
If Rumi is the most-read poet in America today, Coleman Barks is in good part responsible. His ear for the truly divine madness in Rumi’s poetry is really remarkable. — Huston Smith
Rumi is astounding, fertile, abundant, almost more an excitable library of poetry than a person. — Robert Bly
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist. — Pablo Picasso
I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess, then my monument will be in their work. — Augusta Savage
Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling. — Vincent Van Gogh
Friendship is an art, and very few persons are born with a natural gift for it. — Kathleen Norris
The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Keep a good heart. That's the most important thing in life. It's not how much money you make or what you can acquire. The art of it is to keep a good heart. — Joni Mitchell
I sense a Threshold: Light to Silence, Silence to Light - an ambiance of inspiration, in which the desire to be, to express, crosses with the possible Light to Silence, Silence to Light crosses in the sanctuary of art. — Louis Kahn
I don't want people who want to dance; I want people who have to dance. — George Balanchine
True art is alive and inspired by humanity. I believe that art helps us to be free from aggression and depression. — Leonid Afremov
Inspirational Yoga Quotes
If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. — Dalai Lama
You are only as young as your spine is flexible. — Joseph Pilates
You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body. — C. S. Lewis
When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy. — Dalai Lama
Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong. — Lao Tzu
Light up the fire of love inside and blaze the thoughts away. — Rumi
Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. — Rumi
People of the world don't look at themselves, and so they blame one another. — Rumi
Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. — Rumi
My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there. — Rumi
Reason is powerless in the expression of Love. — Rumi
Travel brings power and love back into your life. — Rumi
Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. — Rumi
My friend, the sufi is the friend of the present moment. To say tomorrow is not our way. — Rumi
Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death. — Rumi
God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites so that you will have two wings to fly, not one. — Rumi
In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art. — Rumi
The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. — Rumi
I know you're tired but come, this is the way. — Rumi
Anyone who genuinely and consistently with both hands look for something, will find it. — Rumi
These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them. — Rumi
Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. — Rumi
Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. — Rumi
Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Why do you stay in prison When the door is so wide open? — Rumi
They say there is a doorway from heart to heart, but what is the use of a door when there are no walls? — Rumi
Now is the time to unite the Soul and the world. — Rumi
What strikes the oyster shell
doesn't damage the pearl. — Rumi
Respond to every call that excites your spirit. — Rumi
I have lived on the lip of insanity, wanting to know reasons, knocking on a door. It opens. I've been knocking from the inside. — Rumi
Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you. — Rumi
I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think. — Rumi
Not only the thirsty seek the water, the water as well seeks the thirsty. — Rumi
But listen to me. For one moment quit being sad. Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you. — Rumi
Dance when you're perfectly free. — Rumi
Love is the soul's light, the taste of morning, no me, no we, no claim of being. — Rumi
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