Rumi Quotes
Rumi Quote of the day
We may know who we are or we may not. We may be Muslims, Jews or Christians but until our hearts become the mould for every heart we will see only our differences.
Even a speck of love should not go unappreciated, because, as Rumi said, love is the water of life.
Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.
I was afraid of the dance once, too. But I learned to embrace it and the mistakes I would make. Do not turn away from your fear. Turn toward love instead.
...purification was the point of such pain.
Love was not the point and pity was a poor man's pride.
Only union with you gives joy. The rest if tearing down one building to put up another.
The donkey which brought you to this door must be dismissed if you want to get through it’.
The degree of necessity determines the development of organs in man… therefore increase your necessity.
We and all our existences are non-entities. Thou art the absolute being whose appearance is transitory.
....it struck her that that perhaps everyone had the ability to see themselves in others. Even in the rocks. Even in the roses.
Sufism is therefore not 'Do as I say and not as I do', or even 'Do as I do', but 'Experience it and you will know'.
Imitating others, I failed to find myself. I looked inside and discovered I only knew my name. When I stepped outside I found my real Self. ~Rumi
Late, by myself, in the boat of myself, no light and no land anywhere, cloudcover thick. I try to stayjust above the surface, yet I'm already underand living within the ocean.
...anyone looking for friends without faults shall remain friendless. The choice is yours.
The point is to turn your grief into love. The roses are helping you find grace.
If you can love all who've betrayed you... you can taste sweetness in everything.
Die! Die! Die in this love!If you die in this love, Your soul will be renewed. Die! Die! Don’t fear the death of that which is knownIf you die to the temporal, You will become timeless.
You may think just a windowBut you overtook my soul.You are not just a whisper, You are louder than my soul. (from poem Chimera)
You know you have received the invitation when your heart is ready to risk everything to hold the hand of God.
No one is born beneath this dance. This dance gives birth to you.
The world's flattery and hypocrisy is a sweet morsel:eat less of it, for it is full of fire.Its fire is hidden while its taste is manifest, but its smoke becomes visible in the end.
...see the blessing and beauty that you are.
I longed to teach, but I had to wait until the desire had left me before I could really do so.
Rumi himself once said that counterfeit gold is only to be found because there is such a thing as real gold to be copied.
A short time in the presence of the Friends (the Sufis) is better than a hundred years’ sincere, obedient dedication.
If you cannot sit on a throne like a king, seize, like a tent-pitcher, the rope of the Royal tent.
When there is a true or useful thing, there is sure to be a counterfeit.
EPITAPH OF JALALUDIN RUMIWhen we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men.
Even if false gold makes a man happy:At the mint it will be identified.
It is necessary to note, " says Rumi, "that opposite things work together, even though nominally opposed" (Fihi Ma Fihi).
And Rumi tells us, ‘Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue’.
If you want special illumination, look upon the human face:See clearly within laughter the Essence of Ultimate Truth.
The less you know, the more you will be knownThe less you want, the more you will haveThe less you are, the more you will be
A wealth you cannot imagineflows through you.Do not consider what strangers say.Be secluded in your secret heart-house, that bowl of silence.
You dance inside my chest, where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and thatsight becomes this art.
I will soothe you and heal you, I will bring you roses.I too have been covered with thorns.
Like a sculptor, if necessary, carve a friend out of stone.Realize that your inner sight is blindand try to see a treasure in everyone.
The sun never has an inferiority complex. It shines the same whether above or below.
