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
There is some kiss we want with the whole of our lives.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote expresses the deep longing for a profound connection or experience that fulfills us completely throughout our lives.
Rumi's quote emphasizes a universal desire for an enduring love or connection that transcends momentary infatuations and fills our lives with purpose and joy. It suggests that there are certain relationships or experiences that we yearn for deeply, shaping the essence of our existence and driving us to seek them out relentlessly.
Themes
LoveConnectionLongingLifeDesire
In practice
Example use cases
During a wedding speech, you can quote this to highlight the importance of love in a lifelong partnership.
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
The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.
Rita Mae BrownRead
But hope will make thee young, for Hope and Youth_x000D_ _x000D_ Are children of one mother, even Love.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyRead
I made you, dear, and all I make is perfect. Please come close, for I desire you.
Teresa Of AvilaRead
[Their love] had burned itself out, like a forgotten candle in an empty room, leaving behind a ravenous discontent.
Paolo GiordanoRead
Love, too, was just a question of time
Paulo CoelhoRead
It was not in the winter_x000D_ _x000D_ Our loving lot was cast!_x000D_ _x000D_ It was the time of roses,_x000D_ _x000D_ We plucked them as we passed!
Thomas HoodRead