My dear heart, never think you are better than others. Listen to their sorrows with compassion. If you want peace, don't harbor bad thoughts, do not gossip and don't teach what you do not know.
RumiRead
Your acts of kindness are iridescent wings of divine love, which linger and continue to uplift others long after your sharing.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Acts of kindness leave a lasting impact on others, spreading love and positivity.
This quote by Rumi emphasizes the transformative power of kindness. It suggests that when we engage in acts of generosity and compassion, we create a ripple effect of love that continues to uplift those around us long after the initial act has taken place. Kindness is depicted as something beautiful and ethereal, akin to iridescent wings, highlighting its ability to touch hearts and foster connections between people.
Themes
KindnessLoveUpliftImpactSharing
In practice
Example use cases
During a speech about community service, one might use this quote to highlight the importance of kindness.
More from Rumi
All quotes βThe Law of Wonder rules my life at last, _x000D_ ...I burn each second of my life to Love _x000D_ Each second of my life burns out in Love _x000D_ In each leaping second Love lives afresh.
RumiRead
Lovers have heartaches _x000D_ That can't be cured by drugs _x000D_ Or sleep, _x000D_ Or games, _x000D_ But only by seeing their beloved.
RumiRead
Every fragile beauty, every perfect forgotten sentence, you grieve their going away, but that is not how it is. Where they come from never goes dry. It is an always flowing spring.
RumiRead
Whatever you keep hidden in your heart, God _x000D_ manifests in you outwardly. Whatever the root of _x000D_ the tree feeds on in secret, affects the bough and _x000D_ the leaf.
RumiRead
Come on sweetheart let's adore one another before there is no more of you and me
RumiRead
Similar quotes
When the heart is dry the eye is dry.
Victor HugoRead
When I die Dublin will be written on my heart.
James JoyceRead
Who can know her, and himself, and entertain much hope? Who can see and know such a creature, and not love her to distraction? She has all the softness that does not imply weakness... she is not made to be the admiration of everybody, but the happiness of one.
Edmund BurkeRead
But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for humankind, Is happy as a lover.
William WordsworthRead
Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses.
Francois MauriacRead
Love is a state of being, and in that state, the 'me', with its identifications, anxieties, and possessions is absent. Love cannot be, as long as the activities of the self, of the 'me', whether conscious or unconscious, continue to exist.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiRead