Rumi: If you are irritated by every rub,how will your mirror be polished?

If you are irritated by every rub,how will your mirror be polished? — Rumi

If you are irritated by every rub,how will your mirror be polished?
I am sweet-smiling Jesus by whom the world is revived, But my lineage is from Go — Rumi
Place a sword in his hand and remove his impotence To see if he turns out a warr — Rumi
The whole world is jealous for this cause That God surpasseth the world in jealo — Rumi
Place a padlock on your throat and hide the key. — Rumi
Cracked plates last longer than intact plates. — Jules Renard
Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to — Confucius
Nothing happens to anyone that he can't endure. — Marcus Aurelius
To be like the rock that the waves keep crashing over. It stands unmoved and the — Marcus Aurelius
"Wal'r, my boy," replied the captain; "in the Proverbs of Solomon you will find — Charles Dickens
“Comfort” is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being “c — Swami Vivekananda
The ideally non-violent state will be an ordered anarchy. That State is the best — Mahatma Gandhi
I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes. — George Bernard Shaw