Best Rumi Quotes
You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? – Rumi
The wound is the place where the Light enters you. – Rumi
Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth. – Rumi
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. – Rumi
Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. – Rumi
Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. – Rumi
Be certain that in the religion of Love, there are no believers and unbelievers. Love embraces all. – Rumi
Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames. – Rumi
What you seek is seeking you. – Rumi
Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. – Rumi
You were born with potential. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don’t. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly. – Rumi
Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along. – Rumi
When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. – Rumi
The soul is here for its own joy. – Rumi
Best Rumi Quotes part 2
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished? – Rumi
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. – Rumi
Do not worry that you have no influence. In fact, your influence is too small to worry about. – Rumi
The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart. – Rumi
I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within. – Rumi
May these vows and this marriage be blessed. – Rumi
Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. – Rumi
The heart is a fertile place, where the greatest things grow. – Rumi
You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep. – Rumi
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. – Rumi
Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. – Rumi
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. – Rumi
Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart. – Rumi
The lion is most handsome when looking for food. – Rumi
Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom. – Rumi
The truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth. – Rumi
Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love. – Rumi
Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. – Rumi
You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? – Rumi
Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop. – Rumi
Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth. – Rumi
We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us. – Rumi
Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there. – Rumi
Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free. – Rumi
Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. – Rumi
The heart has its own language. The heart knows a hundred thousand ways to speak. – Rumi
I want to see you. Know your voice. Recognize you when you first come ’round the corner. Sense your scent when I come into a room you’ve just left. Know the lift of your heel, the glide of your foot. Become familiar with the way you purse your lips. Then I want to know your thoughts—your dreams; the way you see yourself when you wake up in the morning. And I want you to know mine. – Rumi
What you seek is seeking you. – Rumi
Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! – Rumi
Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth. – Rumi
Every object, every being, is a jar full of delight. Be a connoisseur. – Rumi
Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along. – Rumi
The cure for pain is in the pain. – Rumi
You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? – Rumi
To praise the sun is to praise your own eyes. – Rumi
Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray. – Rumi