“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
Source: Selected poems
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Famous Rumi Quotes
“Why should I be unhappy? Each parcel of my being is in full bloom.”
Source: 'Another city'. a selectionf of poems from the Persian
“Two there are who are never satisfied -- the lover of the world and the lover of knowledge.”
“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”
“Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.”
“We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.”
Source: Selected poems
Source: 'Another city'. a selectionf of poems from the Persian
“Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.”
“Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.”
Source: Selected poems
“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”
Source: 'Another city'. a selectionf of poems from the Persian
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
Source: The Pocket Rumi
Source: Selected poems
“Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”
“I know you're tired but come, this is the way.”
Source: Selected poems
“Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”
Source: Selected poems
“And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?”
“I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.”
“Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.”
Source: Selected poems
“Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”
“Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.”
“Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.”
Source: The Pocket Rumi
“Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.”
Source: Feeling the Shoulder of the Lion: Poetry and Teaching Stories of Rumi
“In your light I learn how to love.”
Source: Selected poems
“Gamble everything for love, if you're a true human being.”
Source: Selected poems
“Respond to every call that excites your spirit.”
Source: Selected poems
“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
“In your beauty, how to make poems.”
Source: Selected poems
“My friend, the sufi is the friend of the present moment. To say tomorrow is not our way.”