Sorrows are the rags of old clothes and jackets that serve to cove

Sorrows are the rags of old clothes and jackets that serve to cover, and then are taken off. That undressing, and the beautiful naked body underneath, is the sweetness that comes after grief. – Rumi

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Rumi
category

Before death takes away what you are given, give away what there is to give. – Rumi

Category:
Rumi

You’ve been walking the ocean’s edge, holding up your robes to keep them dry. You must dive naked under, and deeper under, a thousand times deeper! – Rumi

Category:
Rumi

I cannot stop asking. If I could taste one sip of an answer, I could break out of this prison for drunks. – Rumi

Category:
Rumi

Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being. – Rumi

Category:
Rumi

Random Quotes

His mind of man, a secret makes I meet him with a start he carries a circumference in which I have no part. – Emily Dickinson

Category:
Secrets

Geniuses are like thunderstorms. They go against the wind, terrify people, cleanse the air. – Soren Kierkegaard

Category:
Thunderstorms

Gravity is love and every turn is a leap of faith. – Author Unknown

Category:
Skiing

Everyone has an opinion of who you are and what your relationship is about, things that youve done or didnt do in your relationship – and its just all crap, really. Things that are written about it are all crap. – Jessica Alba

Category:
relationship