Silence of this Soul : Be Silent!

Ah! The Silence. The language in which this soul speaks to itself and expresses the deepest desires. In Silence I strive. In Silence I thrive.

Below are some of heart-touching beautiful quotes from Sufi mystic, Jalaludin-al-Rumi. How meaningful and true they are.

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Be silent,
Only the Hand of God
Can remove
The burdens of your heart
 
Be silent,
The one who has seen
The Beloved's Ocean
Can not and should not be roaming
Around a stream.
 
Be silent,
Since the Silent One
Will make everyone:
To taste, taste, taste, taste
This Wine
 
I took a vow of silence
And my tongue is tied
Yet still,
I'm the speaker without a speech
Tonight

= Rumi=

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"Words have to be dropped.
Only then can you have silence
My Heart is putting its hand
On its lips to say:
Be silent,
This is not the time to speak
This is not the place for crying."

=Rumi=

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"Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river.

When the ocean is searching for you, don't walk

into the language-river. Listen to the ocean,

and bring your talky business to an end."

= Rumi=

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"We search for Him here and there, while looking right at Him
Sitting by his side, we ask: Oh Beloved, where is the Beloved?
Enough with such questions.
Let silence take you to the core of life
All your talk is worthless,
when compared with one whisper of the Beloved"

= Rumi=

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 "The soul lives there in the silent breath.

I don't know why when I look at you, I see myself."

= Rumi=

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 In Silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves.”

= Rumi=

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 "Silence is the root of everything.
If you spiral into its void,
a hundred voices will thunder messages you long to hear."

= Rumi=

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 "Keep silent, because the world of silence is a vast fullness" 

= Rumi=

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"There is a way between voice and presence where information flows. In disciplined silence it opens. With wandering talk it closes."

= Rumi=

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 Keep silence, be mute;
     if you have not yet become
         the tongue of God,
   be an ear. 

= Rumi=

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