Rumi Quotes
Rumi Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad was a 13th-century Persian Sunni Muslim poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian and sufi mystic. His quotes have the power to transform the heart and mind. As you read, feel with your whole body how it responds.
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”
“Don’t you know yet? It is your light that lights the worlds.”
“Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”
“What you seek is seeking you.”
“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
“When you do things from the soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”
“There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.”
“Love is the bridge between you and everything.”
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”
“Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise so I am changing myself.”
“The garden of the world has no limits, except in your mind.”
“Shine like the universe is yours.”
“Life is a balance between holding on and letting go.”
“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”
“We are one. Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.”
“You’ve seen my descent. Now watch my rising.”
“Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction.”
“My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.”
“It’s your road, and yours alone, others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.”
“You have within you more love than you could ever understand.”
“Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open.”
“All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.”
“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life.”
“Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.”
“The quieter you become the more you are able to hear.”
“The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.”
“If light is in your heart, you will find your way home.”
“This is a subtle truth. Whatever you love you are.”
“You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.”
“Forget safety. Live where you fear to live.”
“Don’t be satisfied with stories. How things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”
“Inside you there’s an artist you don’t know about.”
“The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are.”
“There is a force within that gives you life. Seek that.”
“Close your eyes. Fall in love. Stay there.”
“The lamps are different, but the light is the same.”
“As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.”
“Why are you so enchanted by this world when a mine of gold lies within you?”
“Ignore those that make you fearful and sad.”
“The very center of your heart is where life begins – the most beautiful place on earth.”
“When you let go of who you are, you become who you might be.”
“When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.”
“Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.”
“Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being.”
“Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor.”