Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
Your radiance shines in every atom of creation yet our petty desires keep it hidden.
- Topic: Desire
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More Quotes from Rumi
Let’s rise above this animalistic behavior and be kind to one another.
When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.
Listen with ears of tolerance, see through the eyes of compassion, speak with language of love.
As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.
Dancing is not just getting up painlessly, like a leaf blown on the wind; dancing is when you tear your heart out and rise out of your body to hang suspended between the worlds.
More on Desire
The things are mighty few on earth That wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth We've go to work to gain.
A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than they need.
It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.
Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.
Desire is the essence of a man.
No matter who you are or what your position you must keeping fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential…these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
