Rumi Quotes

The undisciplined man doesn't wrong himself alone- he sets fire to the whole world.

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

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

You are not just the drop in the ocean. You are the mighty ocean in the drop.

You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?

For the thirst to possess your love, Is worth my blood a hundred times.

When someone is counting out gold for you, don't look at your hands, or the gold. Look at the giver.

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

Feeling lonely and ignoble indicates that you haven't been patient.

The Prophets accept all agony and trust it For the water has never feared the fire.

Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you.

I am merely a guest, born in this world to know the secrets that lie beyond it.

The Earth turns to Gold, in the hands of the wise.

The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on earth.

Pull the thorn of existence out of the heart! Fast! For when you do, you will see thousands of rose gardens in yourself.

I have found the heart and will never leave This house of light.

When you are everywhere, you are nowhere. When you are somewhere, you are everywhere.

Peaceful is the one who is not concerned with having more or less.

You dance inside my chest, where no one sees you.

Every step I take is a blessing.

Once we were particles of Light, now we are Beings of Light, radiating Love.

If words come out of the heart, they will enter the heart.

For hundreds of thousands of years I have been dust-grains floating and flying in the will of the air, often forgetting ever being in that state, but in sleep I migrate back.

Love is from the infinite, and will remain until eternity.

If all the harps in the world were burned down, still inside the heart there will be hidden music playing.

Load the ship and set out. No one knows for certain whether the vessel will sink or reach the harbor. Cautious people say, 'I'll do nothing until I can be sure.' Merchants know better. If you do nothing, you lose. Don't be one of those merchants who wont risk the ocean.

Love rushed into my veins emptying me of myself. Now filled with the Beloved my only possession is my name.

O tongue you are an endless treasure. O tongue, you are also an endless disease.

My heart is burning with love. All I can see is this flame. My heart is burning with passion, like waves on an ocean. I'm at home, wherever I am. And in the room of lovers, I can see with closed eyes the beauty that dances. Behind the veils, intoxicated with love, I too dance the rhythm of this moving world.

Whatever you lost through fate, be certain that it saved you from pain.

Everything is soul and flowering.

Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged.

If your knowledge of fire has been turned to certainty by words alone, then seek to be cooked by the fire itself. Don't abide in borrowed certainty. There is no real certainty until you burn; if you wish for this, sit down in the fire.

All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that,and I intend to end up there. Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul? I cannot stop asking. If I could taste one sip of an answer, I could break out of this prison for drunks. I didn’t come here of my own accord, and I can’t leave that way. Whoever brought me here, will have to take me home.

Oh, bird of my soul, fly away now, For I possess a hundred fortified towers.

Each has to enter the nest made by the other imperfect bird.

When the ocean surges, don't let me just hear it. Let it splash inside my chest!

In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.

If you look too closely at the form, you miss the Essence.

If Light Is In Your Heart You Will Find Your Way Home.

There's courage involved if you want to become Truth.

I have seen the king with a face of Glory, He who is the eye and the sun of heaven, He who is the companion and healer of all beings, He who is the soul and the universe that births souls.

O Seeker, pain and suffering make one aware of God.

I can heal a broken heart with a smile.

Flattery's fire is hidden. Its sweet taste is apparent, but the smoke is bound to come out at last.

There is my body, in it an ocean formed of his glory, all the creation, all the universes, all the galaxies, are lost in it.

Fall in love in such a way that it frees you from any connecting.

As you live Deeper in the Heart, the Mirror gets clearer and cleaner.