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
Speak any language, Turkish, Greek, Persian, Arabic, but always speak with love
Interpretation
What this quote means
Regardless of the language we speak, the most important aspect is to communicate with love.
This quote by Rumi emphasizes the universal necessity of love in communication. No matter the words or the tongue in which we express ourselves, what truly matters is the intention and warmth behind our words; love transcends all barriers and connects us at the most fundamental level.
Themes
LoveCommunicationLanguageUnityExpression
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about diversity and inclusion, you might say, 'As Rumi wisely put it, speak any language, but always speak with love.'
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
I feel like if you're a really good human being, you can try to find something beautiful in every single person, no matter what.
Lady GagaRead
Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.
Simone De BeauvoirRead
Love is the final end of the world's history, the Amen of the universe.
NovalisRead
Only when you are lost can love find itself in you without losing its way.
Helene CixousRead
I will tell you that when I was heavy, people would say to me - and it was such a backhanded compliment - they would say, 'You've got such a beautiful face,' in the way of, like, 'Oh, isn't it a shame that from the neck down you're questionable.'
Kate WinsletRead
I desire many things concerning myself; but I desire nothing so much, as to have a heart filled with love to the Lord. I long for a warm personal attachment to Him.
George MullerRead