Rumi Best Quotes & Sayings

The rose does best as a rose. Lilies make the best lilies. And look! You - the best you around! — Rumi

Rub your eyes, and look again at love, with love. — Rumi

You may think just a window
But you overtook my soul.
You are not just a whisper,
You are louder than my soul.
(from poem Chimera) — Deepa Bajaj

The poet Rumi saw clearly the relationship between our wounds and our awakening. He counseled, Don't turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That's where the light enters you. — Tara Brach

I said "show me the ladder, that I may climb up to heaven '
He said "your head is the ladder, bring your head down under your feet — Rumi

I, you, he, she, we
In the garden of mystic lovers,
these are not true distinctions. — Rumi

The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "My Companions are as stars. Whomsoever of them you follow, you will be rightly guided." When a man looks at a star, and finds his way by it, the star does not speak any word to that man. Yet, by merely looking at the star, the man knows the road from roadlessness and reaches his goal. — Rumi

Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. — Rumi

Loosen the bonds of avarice from your hands and neck. — Rumi

The soul: a wide listening sky with thousands of candles. — Rumi

Soul of all souls, life of all life - you are That.
Seen and unseen, moving and unmoving - you are That. — Rumi

On the path of Love we are neither masters nor the owners of our lives. We are only a brush in the hand of the Master Painter. — Rumi

What messages are momently flashing from his eyes to mine - may my eyes be gladdened and intoxicated by his message! — Jalaluddin Rumi

Each moment contains a hundred messages from God. — Rumi

Love is best when mixed with anguish.
In our town,
we won't call you a Lover
if you escape the pain.
Look for Love in this way,
welcome it to your soul,
and watch your spirit fly away in ecstasy. — Jalaluddin Rumi

When love is not accepted move on;
when love is not appreciated walk away;
hopefully time will teach what real, true love is. — Rumi

We alchemists look for talent that can heat up and change. Lukewarm won't do. Halfhearted holding back, well-enough getting by? Not here. — Rumi

I have spent my life dreaming of your face. Now, I have found it. — Rumi

Don't make the body do what the spirit does best, and don't put a big load on the spirit that the body could easily carry. — Rumi

Doing as others told me, I was Blind.
Coming when others called me, I was Lost.
Then I left everyone, myself as well.
Then I found Everyone, Myself as well. — Rumi

ONCE a beloved asked her lover: "Friend,
You have seen many places in the world!
Now - which of all these cities was the best?
He said: "The city where my sweetheart lives! — Rumi

Smiles come best from those who weep. — Jalaluddin Rumi

Let us put away our blinders and answer the call to Joy. — Rumi

In the slaughterhouse of love, they kill only the best, none of the weak or deformed. Don't run away from this dying. Whoever's not killed for love is dead meat. — Rumi

The core of the seen and unseen universe smiles, but remember smiles come best from those who weep. Lightning, then the rain-laughter. — Rumi

Anyone looking for friends without faults shall remain friendless. The choice is yours. — Holly Lynn Payne

People are distracted by objects of desire, and afterward repent of the lust they've indulged, because they have indulged with a phantom and are left even farther from Reality than before. — Rumi

Little by little, wean yourself. This is the gist of what I have to say. From an embryo whose nourishment comes in the blood, move to an infant drinking milk, to a child on solid food, to a searcher after wisdom, to a hunter of invisible game. — Rumi

Whatever happens. Whatever what is is is what I want. Only that. But that. — Rumi

Disputational knowing wants customers. It has no soul. — Rumi

Inside of us, there's a continual autumn. Our leaves fall and are blown out over the water. — Rumi

What is the heart? It is not human and it is not imaginary. I call it you. — Rumi

God gave you life and bestowed upon you his attributes; eventually you will return to him. — Rumi

I said to the night, "If you are in love with the moon, it is because you never stay for long." The night turned to me and said, "It is not my fault. I never see the Sun, how can I know that love is endless? — Rumi

The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear. — Rumi

Your breath touched my soul and I saw beyond all limits. — Rumi

Where there is a ruin, there is hope for a treasure. — Jalaluddin Rumi

Beware! Don't allow yourself to do what you know is wrong, relying on the thought, Later I will repent and ask God's forgiveness. — Rumi

Be suspicious of what you want. — Jalaluddin Rumi

Love, the life-giving garden of this world. — Rumi

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. — Rumi

Hold on to the reins of Love and don't be afraid.
Hold on to the real behind the false and don't be
afraid. — Rumi

Purify your eyes, and see the pure world. Your life will fill with radiant forms. — Rumi

There is an unseen sweetness in the stomach's emptiness. We are lutes. When the sound box is filled, no music can come forth. When the brain and the belly burn from fasting, every moment a new song rises out of the fire. The mists clear, and a new vitality makes you spring up the steps before you ... — Rumi