#rumi words

[chandtarasblog]

Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.” -rumi

[withwingsofgold]

How, I wonder, shall I behold my own face, so as to see what complexion I have and whether I am like day or like night?

For a long while I was seeking the image of my soul, but my image was not displayed (reflected) by anyone.

"After all," I said, "what is a mirror for? That everyone may know what and who he is." 

The mirror of iron is only for husks (external forms); the mirror that shows the aspect of the heart is of great price. 

That soul's mirror is naught but the face of the friend, the face of that friend who is of yonder country (the spiritual land).

-Rumi (Mesnevi)

[storiesaremirrors]