Don’t make the body do what the spirit does best, and don’t put a big load on the spirit that the body could easily carry.
– Jalaluddin Rumi
Related Quotes:
- A servant wants to be rewarded for what he does. A lover wants only to be in love’s presence, that ocean whose depth will never be known. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- The flower that does not smileat the branches withers. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Our shoes carry our body, so we polish them; our body carries our soul, so we clean the body, but, what about our soul-? – Rahul Rampal
- What good’s a black face if it means I’m just someone else’s property? Why give me these arms and legs just to carry someone else’s load, not my own? – Stacey Lee
- Love the world. Otherwise, you will be forced to carry the heaviest load: your own bitter self. – Sri Chinmoy
- Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. Live in silence. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Beauty surrounds us. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- When soul risesInto lipsYou feel the kiss You have wanted – Jalaluddin Rumi
- My Soul is my Guide, for my Soul is of that Abode I will not Speak of the Earthly, I am of the Unknown. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- If you desire healing,let yourself fall illlet yourself fall ill. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Don’t turn your head. Keep looking at the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- If Light Is In Your HeartYou Will Find Your Way Home. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- In the silence of loveyou will find the spark of life – Jalaluddin Rumi
- I waitwith silent passionfor one gestureone glancefrom you – Jalaluddin Rumi
- The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- You are my wine, my joy,My garden, my springtime,My slumber, my repose,Without you, I can’t cope. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- The morning wind spreads its fresh smell. We must get up and take that in, that wind that lets us live. Breathe before it’s gone. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- You know how it is. Sometimes we plan a trip to one place, but something takes us to another. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- The Ego is a veil between humans and God’.--œIn prayer all are equal. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- It’s your road, and yours alone.others may walk it with you,but no one can walk it for you. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- With life as short as a half taken breath, don’t plant anything but love. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Oh soul, you worry too much. Your arms are heavy with treasures of all kinds. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Life’s waters flow from darkness. Search the darkness, don’t run from it. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Go find yourself first so you can also find me. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Go find yourself first so you can also find me. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Let silence take you to the core of life. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Let go of your mind and then be mindful.Close your ears and listen! – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Every story is us – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Why struggle to open a door between us when the whole wall is an illusion? – Jalaluddin Rumi
- The angel is free because of his knowledge, the beast because of his ignorance. Between the two remains the son of man to struggle. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- If the beloved is everywhere,the lover is a veil,but when living itself becomesthe Friend, lovers disappear. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- You were sent to unite peopleYou were not been sent to divide people. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- You were sent to unite peopleYou were not sent to divide people. – Jalaluddin Rumi