Maulana Rumi Farsi Quotes & Sayings

Nobuddy ever listened t' reason on a empty stomach. — Kin Hubbard

As for moral courage, it is very rare, he said, to find that kind found at 2 o'clock in the morning; that is to say, courage in the face of the unexpected. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Jim Crow repeated the old strategies of the reptilian powers of the air: to convince human beings simultaneously and paradoxically that they are gods and animals. In the Garden, after all, the snake approached God's image-bearer, directing her as though he had dominion over her (when it was, in fact, the other way around). He treated her as an animal, and she didn't even see it. At the same time, the old dragon appealed to her to transcend the limits of her dignity. If she would reach for the forbidden, she would be "like God, knowing good and evil." He suggested that she was more than a human; she was a goddess. — Russell D. Moore

Imagine the week ahead unfolding in an ever-increasing flow of miracles. Allow the image to sink into your heart. Receive it with a big yes! — Marianne Williamson

We try to grasp it, and do not get hold of it, and we name it 'the Subtle. — Lao-Tzu

You get in its way, you get paved over. If you can find a way to live in the cracks, you can thrive anywhere. There were always cracks. — James S.A. Corey

His vision was just outstanding. If you think of him in the same way as Pele then you would come close. — Leonard Cohen

I can imagine myself on my death-bed, spent utterly with lust to touch the next world, like a boy asking for his first kiss from a woman. — Aleister Crowley

Aspirin and ibuprofen combat inflammation everywhere but the stomach and bowel; there they create inflammation. — Mary Roach

Not every instance requires a response. Truth resides silently in the seat of power. — T.F. Hodge