Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic whose work has inspired people around the world for centuries. His poetry is known for its spiritual depth and mystical insights, and his words continue to resonate with readers today. Here are 100 famous quotes by Rumi that will inspire you to live a more fulfilling life:
- “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
- “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”
- “The wound is the place where the light enters you.”
- “The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.”
- “Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.”
- “What you seek is seeking you.”
- “The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.”
- “The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.”
- “Love is the bridge between you and everything.”
- “Let the beauty we love be what we do.”
- “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
- “Respond to every call that excites your spirit.”
- “Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.”
- “The soul is here for its own joy.”
- “As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.”
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
- “Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction.”
- “Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.”
- “Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place.”
- “In silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves.”
- “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.”
- “The moment you accept what troubles you’ve been given, the door will open.”
- “What you are seeking is also seeking you.”
- “Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”
- “The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are.”
- “I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within.”
- “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”
- “When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”
- “The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.”
- “The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you.”
- “Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.”
- “Love is the cure, for your pain will keep giving birth to more pain until your heart becomes the home for all joy.”
- “Travel brings power and love back into your life.”
- “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 closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways.”
- “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”
- “This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment
- “The wound is where the light enters you.”
- “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.”
- “Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”
- “Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you.”
- “As you live deeper in the heart, the mirror gets clearer and cleaner.”
- “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.”
- “I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.”
- “Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom.”
- “I have been a seeker and still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my soul.”
- “Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.”
- “If you want to change the world, change yourself.”
- “I am not a drop in the ocean. I am the entire ocean in a drop.”
- “The rose’s rarest essence lives in the thorns.”
- “The moment you accept what troubles you’ve been given, the door will open.”
- “Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.”
- “We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us.”
- “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”
- “Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being.”
- “Love is the bridge between you and everything.”
- “What you seek is seeking you.”
- “Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.”
- “Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there.”
- “The wound is where the light enters you.”
- “The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.”
- “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
- “When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.”
- “Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.”
- “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
- “The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.”
- “I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways.”
- “As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.”
- “The soul is here for its own joy.”
- “As you live deeper in the heart, the mirror gets clearer and cleaner.”
- “Let the beauty we love be what we do.”
- “The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.”
- “The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you.”
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
- “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”
- “Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.”
- “Respond to every call that excites your spirit.”
- “In silence there is the eloquence of the ineffable.”
- “In every moment, the beloved is calling.”
- “Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth.”
- “The universe and the light of the stars come through me.”
- “Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.”
- “What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle.”
- “The garden of the world has no limits, except in your mind.”
- “Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.”
- “I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within.”
- “Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place.”
- “As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.”
- “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.”
- “I am yours. Don’t give myself back to me.”
- “There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.”
- “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”
- “Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.”
- “What you seek is seeking you.”
- “You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”
- “Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”
- “The moment you accept what troubles you’ve been given, the door will open.”
- “You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don’t. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.”
- “I am neither of the East nor of the West, no boundaries exist within my breast.”
- “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.”
Rumi’s words continue to resonate with people across cultures and generations, inspiring us to seek love, wisdom, and spiritual growth. These 100 quotes are just a small selection of his vast body of work, but they capture the essence of his teachings and the beauty of his poetry. Rumi’s legacy lives on, reminding us to look beyond the surface of things and connect with the divine within ourselves and others.
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