Rumi Quotes About Honor

• I honor those who try to rid themselves of any lying, who empty the self and have only clear being there.

  Rumi

  Spiritual, Lying, Self

  Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.158, Penguin UK

• Listen, O drop, give yourself up without regret, and in exchange gain the Ocean. Listen, O drop, bestow upon yourself this honor, and in the arms of the Sea be secure. Who indeed should be so fortunate? An Ocean wooing a drop! In God's name, in God's name, sell and buy at once! Give a drop, and take this Sea full of pearls.

  Rumi

  Regret, Ocean, Sea

  Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), Jelaluddin Rumi, Kabir Helminski, Andrew Harvey (2005). “The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi”, p.217, Shambhala Publications

• I was a thorn rushing to be with a rose, vinegar blending with honey… Then I found some dirt to make an ointment that would honor my soul… Love says, “You are right, but don’t claim these changes. Remember, I am wind. You are an ember I ignite.

  Rumi

  Wind, Rushing, Rose

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