Quotes from Rumi

Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, affectionately known as Rumi, stands as a timeless luminary whose poetic brilliance transcends the boundaries of time and culture. Through the eloquence of his verses, Rumi delves into the very essence of human existence, illuminating the intricacies of our shared human experience. His poetry weaves together the threads of love, spirituality, and the enigmatic journey of the soul, creating a masterpiece that resonates deeply with hearts across generations.

Rumi’s enduring legacy as a poet and mystic continues to ignite the flames of introspection and inspiration in the hearts of those who seek to unravel the mysteries of life and find solace in the enduring beauty of his verses.

Reason is powerless in the expression of love.

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell. Don’t go back to sleep.

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

What you seek is seeking you.

The wound is the place where the light enters you.

Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.

We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.

Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.

Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought.

Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?

Be like melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.

Beauty surrounds us.

And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?

They say there is a doorway from heart to heart, but what is the use of door when there are no walls.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I’m wise so I’m changing myself.

The moon shines bright when it doesn’t avoid the night.

Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.

You are a lover of your own experience, not of me. You turn to me to feel your own emotion.

I, you, he, she, we. In the garden of mystic lovers, these are not true distinctions.

Poems are rough notations for the music we are.

Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.

Look past your thoughts, so you may drink the pure nectar of this moment.

This place is a dream. Only a sleeper considers it real. Then death comes like dawn, and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief.

You think because you understand “one”, you must also understand “two” because one and one makes two. But you must also understand “and”.

Shine like the whole universe is yours.

Why am I seeking? I am the same as he. His essence speaks through me. I have been looking for myself.

We can’t help being thirsty, moving towards the voice of water.

The only lasting beauty is the beauty of heart.

At the end of my life, with just one breath left, if you come, I’ll sit up and sing.

The soul is here for its own joy.

Everything you possess of skill, and wealth, and handicraft, wasn’t it first merely a thought and a quest?

Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.

The garden of the world has no limits, except in your mind.

Bring the pure wine of love and freedom. But sir, a tornado is coming. More wine, we’ll teach this storm a thing or two about whirling.

Don’t wait any longer. Dive in the ocean. Leave and let the sea be you.

The ego is a veil between humans and God.

The angel is free because of his knowledge, the beast because of his ignorance. Between the two remains the son of man to struggle.

I once had a thousand desires. But in my one desire to know you all else melted away.

Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it.

Be certain that in the religion of love there are no believers and unbelievers. Love embraces all.

Listen with ears of tolerance. See though eyes of compassion. Speak with the language of love.

I see my beauty in you.

Love is the whole thing. We are only pieces.

Where lowland is that’s where water goes. All medicine wants is pain to cure.

Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen.

Nothing I say can explain to you divine love, yet all of creation cannot seem to stop talking about it.

I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as a plant and rose to animal, I died as an animal, and I was Man. Why should I fear. When was I less by dying?

As you dive deeper in the heart, the mirror gets clearer and cleaner.

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.

I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God.

Die before you die.

Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They are in each other all along.

I closed my mouth and spoke to you in hundred silent ways.

Close your eyes. Fall in love. Stay there.

When I am with you, we stay up all night, when you’re not here, I can’t go to sleep.

Praise God for these two insomnias! And the difference between them.

Come to the orchard in Spring. There is light and wine, and sweethearts in the pomegranate flowers.

If you do not come, these do not matter.

If you do come, these do not matter.