Rumi Quotes about Praise

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Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise.

Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise.

Inspirational, Depression, Praise

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), Jelaluddin Rumi, Kabir Helminski, Andrew Harvey (2005). “The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi”, p.122, Shambhala Publications

What the sayer of praise is really praising is himself, by saying implicitly, My eyes are clear." Likewise, someone who criticizes is criticizing himself, saying implicitly, "I can't see very well with my eyes so inflamed.

Rumi

Eye, Praise, Criticize

Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.101, Penguin UK