In the slaughterhouse of love, they kill only the best, none of the weak or deformed. Don't run away from this dying. Whoever's not killed for love is dead meat.
Tags: love

Other Quotes by "Rumi Jalalu'l-Din"

My friend, you thought you lost Him; that all your life you've been separated from Him. Filled with wonder, you've always looked outside for Him, and haven't searched within your own house.
Tags: poetry, love
Like a sculptor, if necessary, carve a friend out of stone. Realize that your inner sight is blind and try to see a treasure in everyone.
Tags: unity, rumi, poetry, muslim, muhammad, blind
A craftsman pulled a reed from the reedbed, cut holes in it, and called it a human being. Since then, it's been wailing a tender agony of parting, never mentioning the skill that gave it life as a flute
Tags: wisdom, sufi, spirituality, rumi
When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it.
Tags: rumi, love-is-like-a-lawsuit, love, corporeal-punishment
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