Rumi Quotes

Love is not written on paper, for paper can be erased. Nor is it etched on stone, for stone can be broken. But it is inscribed on a heart and there it shall remain forever.

Both light and shadow are the dance of Love.

Water in the boat is the ruin of the boat, but water under the boat is its support.

Light up the fire of love inside and blaze the thoughts away.

The ground's generosity takes in our compost and grows beauty! Try to be more like the ground.

The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh.

God looks not at your form, nor at your deeds, but at your Heart.

I found the Divine within my Heart.

Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder.

When I am with you, we stay up all night. When you're not here, I can't go to sleep. Praise God for those two insomnias! And the difference between them.

This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.

Keep walking, though there's no place to get to. Don't try to see through the distances. That's not for human beings. Move within, But don't move the way fear makes you move.

If the house of the world is dark, Love will find a way to create windows.

If all you can do is crawl, start crawling.

Love is the energizing elixir of the Universe, the cause and effect of all Harmony.

In order to understand the dance one must be still. And in order to truly understand stillness one must dance.

All your anxiety is because of your desire for harmony. Seek disharmony, then you will gain peace.

This is how it always is when I finish a poem. A great silence overcomes me and I wonder why I ever thought to use language.

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

Inside the Great Mystery that is, we don't really own anything. What is this competition we feel then, before we go, one at a time, through the same gate?

Make peace with the universe. Take joy in it. It will turn to gold. Resurrection will be now. Every moment, a new beauty.

You think because you understand 'one' you must also understand 'two', because one and one make two. But you must also understand 'and'.

There is a field beyond all notions of right and wrong. Come, meet me there.

The light which shines in the eye is really the light of the heart.

Why are you so enchanted by this world, when a mine of gold lies within you?

Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.

Love is the bridge between you and everything.

Be patient, even if every possibility seems closed.

A heart filled with love is like a phoenix that no cage can imprison.

You’re a song, a wished-for song.

Its good to leave each day behind, like flowing water, free of sadness. Yesterday is gone and its tale told. Today new seeds are growing.

The illuminated life can happen now, in the moments left. Die to your ego, and become a True Human Being.

They are the chosen ones who have surrendered ... Once they were particles of light now they are the radiant sun!

People of the world don't look at themselves, and so they blame one another.

When the remedy you have offered only increases the disease, then leave him who will not be cured, and tell your story to someone who seeks the truth.

The mind says there is nothing beyond the physical world; the HEART says there is, and I've been there many times.

I profess the religion of love, Love is my religion and my faith. My mother is love My father is love My prophet is love My God is love I am a child of love I have come only to speak of love.

The Ego is a veil between humans and God’.” “In prayer all are equal.

Do not worry if all the candles in the world flicker and die. We have the spark that starts the fire.

Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.

Remember. The way you make love is the way God will be with you.

Your acts of kindness are iridescent wings of divine love, which linger and continue to uplift others long after your sharing.

You are the honoured guest, Do not weep like a beggar For pieces of the world.

If you wish mercy, show mercy to the weak.

Be suspicious of what you want.

The garden of the world has no limits except in your mind. Its presence is more beautiful than the stars with more clarity than the polished mirror of your heart.

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

All the particles of the World are in Love and looking for Lovers.

When you lose all sense of self the bonds of a thousands chains will vanish. Lose yourself completely, return to the root of the root of your own soul.

Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.