Author of quotes: Jalaluddin Rumi. Page 2

Seeing a man to plow the earth,
the fool, unable to hold back, he cried out:
"Why are you ruining this soil?"
"You fool,' said the man, ' leave me alone;
try to see the difference
between taking care of the soil and its destruction.
This soil become a rose garden,
if it is not disturbed and not cultivated?"

One Sufi who traded at the Bazaar, felt that his wife was cheating on him, and decided to check it out. Ahead, he locked his shop and went home, where they found the door locked and began knocking loudly.
And his wife at this time was in the house with some cobbler. The return of her husband caught her off guard, as he was always very precise and never came so early. In their house there was no chest, no furnace, no basement, where would she hide her lover. But the wife of the Sufi, he was very cunning. And she decided to cover her lover with a veil*.
In doing so, she opened the door and said to her husband:
- They came to me one great lady and I closed the door so no one could hear our conversation because she came to Woo our daughter for my son!
The veil couldn't conceal the man, and the Sufi immediately noticed the deception, but he decided to support the game and seriously wife said:
We can't begin to approach such a noble family, and the Union of husband and wife is strong only in the case when both sides all equal.
But the wife, thinking that she tricked her husband, continued to lie inspiration:
- Oh, my husband! I have already given our guest this argument, but she said that her family does not pursue wealth, and most important to them - son's happiness!
Then a Sufi, continuing the game, gave all to understand that to outsmart him failed:
- The dowry at our daughter's poor but if our guest is looking for abstinence and modesty, then she must know that her daughter is sinless only sinless mother, but not me to speak of the dignity of my wife - and so they are visible to everyone!
All understood that any even very clever words it is impossible to hide sinful actions and thoughts.
Mesnevi:
God always forgives sins,
He sends sometimes revenge.
You know if you cheated,
Do not put that He forgave you.
In the hands of the Lord to do so, so evil
Or disappeared, or sprouted.
You, even if God will forgive you,
Ever for sin will know shame.

If you understand that is always full,
Sometimes people do need?

Once in Qazvin was a big fashion for tattoos. People were out on their arms, shoulders and the backs of the images of leopards, Panthers and other mighty beasts. Did these tattoos a attendant, and one day it was one kasinec and said he wants to decorate yourself with a picture.
I poke you and where? asked the attendant.
- Decorate my flesh, the image of the king of beasts, ' answered the customer. - I was born under the constellation of Leo, and now want your help to turn himself into a lion, so don't feel sorry for his blue paint, the attendant!
- Where did I do willku? - insisted the attendant.
- Poke me of a lion on the back, and I will be as brave and hardy as a lion, and in the feast, and on the battlefield.
When the attendant stuck in the back of kazminco his first needle, he shuddered and cried out from the pain:
- What are you chopping, attendant?
- Depicts a lion, you wanted, ' answered the attendant.
What part of the lion you started the picture? asked kasinec.
- With the tail was his answer.
Then Kazinets said:
- Start with more essential parts of a lion. My lion be without a tail.
After listening to him, the attendant again stabbed him in the back with his needle.
- What are you doing now? - again asked kasinec.
- I now represent the lion's ear, ' answered the attendant.
My lion doesn't need a rumor - I'll listen for it. And time does not need a hearing, you do not need and ear, ' cried kasinec, and when his back was stuck the next needle in desperation asked:
- What are you doing now? Why do I hurt?
- Stab the belly of the lion, half of it is ready, ' replied the attendant.
- Why the stomach and nothing to eat? - howled kasinec.
There is already freaked out attendant.
- Where did you see the king of beasts without a tail, without ear and without the belly? These freaks haven't created the Lord. You probably just can't stand the pain, but not in my power to relieve you from the pain, without which it is impossible to put any pattern! he said.
If a person firmly decided to go to his purpose, he should accustom his body to the injections and deprivation.

Blessed are the only one who realized his sin
Who condemned his sin, has learned a lesson.
The human soul misty half
Another in sins is guilty.
But if the scratch is bothering you,
You patch yourself put on the skin.
And let no one teases beardless one
Which are naturally beardless.

One day, the farmer climbing into the crib
In the night, killed and ate a cow lion
Himself in the barn lay down to rest.
The Plowman left his bed,
Not vzdev fire, he hurried to the yard
Eh the whole cow, not judged whether the thief? -
And Leo felt his hand,
The lion stroked it back and flanks.
The lion thought: "this two-legged donkey
You see, your cow I found it!
Yes, how would he dare in the light of day
Hand daring to touch me?
The gall bladder would burst from him
From one only my view!"
You, the wise, the essence of things first, know,
Deceptive appearance don't trust.

Once a deaf man, hearing that his neighbor was seriously ill, decided to visit a sick - his sacred duty. But then he hesitated, because he realized that because of his deafness he can't hear the quiet speech of a weaker person. However on reflection he decided that he would be able to get rid of standard phrases. For example, if he asks the patient: "How are you feeling?", - he will answer: "I'm a little bit relieved," and then I have to say: "Well, thank God!" Then he will need to ask the question: "What are you eating?", and whatever the answer of the neighbor, it will be possible to tell him: "Let go you this food for the future". Well will also ask: "And who treat you?", and without even hearing the answer to this question, you can safely praise the ability of the doctor.
Preparing yourself in this way, the deaf went to the neighbor.
- How do you feel? - with these words he entered the house of the patient.
- On the other, death is calling me to go, weak voice replied the neighbor.
Deaf it as intended, said:
- Well, thank God!
The patient, upon hearing these words, with fear thought, "Only my worst enemy for my death can give thanks to the Lord!" And the deaf, meanwhile, continued to put their pre-prepared questions:
- What do you eat, bro?
- My food is not food, just poison! - answered the patient.
The deaf didn't hear him and continued his conversation in advance harvested phrase:
Well, God willing, this food will do you in store. The patient did not even have time to recover, after hearing this wish, when followed by another question of the deaf:
- Who's your doctor? - sympathetically he asked.
- Probably the angel of death himself, with tears in the eyes of said patient.
Not hearing the answer deaf continued on their conversation:
Well, the art of the physician is known to all, and he's always all began through to the end. I think that you are ill he will cope!
Having said these words, the deaf left with a sense of duty. And his sick neighbor, meanwhile, was talking to himself: "Who would have thought that my neighbor, with whom we live next to for many years, holding on to me so evil. I in my weakness could not answer him, but I ask God to punish him for his gloating, because to enjoy the sight of another in pain is sacrilege, and someone who pleases other people's suffering, is the biggest sinner in the world."
Maybe among our deeds there are those who seem to us to be meritorious, while in them is hidden a serious sin, and we know about it, as this deaf, made their silly words to suffer and without that poor sick person.

Cunning and tricks of tailors known to all, and stories about them often they represent a different meeting. But when one of these meetings began to tell different stories about thieving tailors, sitting in the audience a glorious warrior from Turkestan stated that there was on earth of such tailor who could, türk, cheat. Everyone laughed, but the warrior persisted and in the end said:
- Well! Give me the tricky in your town tailor and let him try I have to steal something!
Anticipating fun, they gave him the address of the tailor, and the warrior had an argument with the audience on his horse, what a crook he's not going to cut.
The next day the soldier had bought a piece of expensive satin and went to this tailor shop and ordered him a coat, which covered his shoulders, and the bottom has expanded to not restrict movement in combat.
As soon as he crossed the threshold of the workshop, the tailor began to talk incessantly. By the time when you had to cut the satin, he slew the customer on their bikes, and the laughing closed his eyes. Noticing this, the tailor deftly grabbed a piece of satin and tuck it in a drawer. Continuing then his work, he was sprinkled with jokes, rhymes and funny fairy tales, and the customer was even out of breath from laughter, but still asked the tailor to continue his stories. Tailor every time a soldier fell into a rage and closed his eyes, cut and hid the pieces they brought tissue.
Finally he said to the warrior:
- You know, my stories usually nothing good happens. Here's your coat somehow comes close because of your laugh!
But the warrior who so easily cheated the tailor, also lost his horse!
Beit:
O people, laugh in moderation, otherwise
Your laughter will be bitter crying.

Sheep citizen in a
Dragged from the market can be seen, for slaughter,
And suddenly in the crowd remained light
A rope is cut in the hand.
Sheep no. The thieves
Sheepskin has become, and the rump, and pilaf.
The man, the loss had,
Ran, stupid fuss.
A thief near the well, away,
Screaming and wailing: "Oh, Woe is me!"
"What are you?" - Rob asked.
"I purse in the well dropped.
All that I had, is one hundred dinars in there!
Will get I a reward of twenty ladies".
And he: "Yes, it is a Treasury!
After ten sheep in it price.
I'm one of the sheep was lost,
But God instead of the camel sent me!"
In the well he climbed prayer,
A thief with his clothes disappeared.
On the other, unknown way
You have to cautiously go.
But greed will lead to the well of troubles
The one in whom prudence is not.

Lovers do not meet, they from the beginning in each other.

Life without love has no meaning;
Love is the water of life,
Drink it and heart and soul.

When troubles are piled on you one after another, when they bring you to an unbearable state, just don't give up! Because this is the point where it will change the course of events.

What you seek is seeking you.
What you seek is also seeking you.

If you ever get in big trouble, not return to God with the words: "O God, I have a big trouble." Tell me the trouble: "I Have a Great God".