Rumi Quotes

Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, for that tongue of yours is the enemy of the soul, my friend. When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues.

Rumi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: September 30, 1207 - December 17, 1273

Topics

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I became a Republican when a very wise young lady asked me how I could remain a Democrat when I didn't agree with what they stood for and did agree with what the Republicans supported.

Jesse Helms

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Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

BeautyWelcomeGuestEverywhere

I think that America is a nation of faith. I do believe that. Certainly by way of heritage - there's a powerful Christian thread through all of American history.

John Edwards

FaithHistoryBelieveThinkAmerican

'Wild at Heart' simply came out of my journey as a man and then my work with men.

John Eldredge

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I held down as many jobs as I could find, from being a waiter to working at a yoga studio and as a ticket-taker at a small theater company - anything that would allow me to go out and do auditions.

John Krasinski

MeSmallFindDownGoCompany

As others have recently suggested, the term 'gamer' is no longer useful as an identity because games are for everyone. These days, even my mom spends an inordinate amount of time gaming on her iPad. So I'll take a cue from my younger self and say I don't care about being a 'gamer,' but I sure do love video games.

Anita Sarkeesian

LoveTimeIdentityMomVideo Games

Women will not talk about football unless one of them is in love with a football player, and then suddenly you discover that they know everything that is to be known about it.

Jeanne Moreau

LoveWomenFootballYouKnowTalk

I felt like I was betraying my family. But I knew that trying to explain my emotions in a movie like this was more important than leaving them unspoken.

John Robinson

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Reading a book, watching a movie, going to a play, it's transporting, and very, very exciting. And to be a part of that, creating things with your imagination, whoa.

Steve Carell

ImaginationBookReadingPlayGoing

In the hospital, I promised myself that I ever walked again, that I would eat well and swim every day.

Travis Barker

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I often think that the last holiday is the greatest, but then some really stand out in my mind. One of the best was one my wife and I had in the Lake District. We stayed in a B&B and walked around the countryside for two weeks.

Jay Parini

BestWifeMindThinkStandHoliday

If someone is being bullied or feels like an outsider, and they relate to something that I've done, even if it's just igniting a spark, that's great. I had that feeling as a kid. I was messed with no end.

Johnny Depp

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