Sayings of Rumi

 

 

“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
 

“What you seek is seeking 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.”
 

“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”

 

 

“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”

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

“Forget safety.
Live where you fear to live.
Destroy your reputation.
Be notorious.”

“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”
 

 

“Knock, And He'll open the door
Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun
Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens
Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything .”

 

“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”

 

“My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.”

“Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.”

“Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.”

 

“Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure .”

 

“Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.”
 

 

“I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.”
 

 

“Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.”
 

“There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.
There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled.
You feel it, don't you?”

“Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”

“Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.”

" Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?”
 

“This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a

new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some

momentary awareness comes as an unexpected

 visitor...Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each

guest honorably. The dark whoever comes, because

each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”

“Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames .”

“Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to

 

 cover others' faults. Be like running water for

 

generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the

 

Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you

 

appear.”
 

“This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a

 

 hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life .

 

Finally, to take a step without feet.”