“Within tears, find hidden laughter Seek treasures amid ruins, sincere one.”
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Famous Rumi Quotes
Source: Selected poems
Source: Selected poems
“I, you, he, she, we In the garden of mystic lovers, these are not true distinctions.”
“Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.”
Source: Selected poems
“Love comes with a knife, not some shy question, and not with fears for its reputation!”
“You are the Truth from foot to brow. Now, what else would you like to know?”
“We can't help being thirsty, moving toward the voice of water.”
“Not only the thirsty seek the water, the water as well seeks the thirsty.”
Source: Selected poems
“Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”
“The Prophets accept all agony and trust it For the water has never feared the fire.”
“Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.”
“Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.”
Source: The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi
Source: The Pocket Rumi
“My lips got lost on the way to the kiss - that's how drunk I was.”
“Have you ever gotten breathless before from a beautiful face, for i see you there, my dear.”
“Love calls - everywhere and always. We're sky bound. Are you coming?”
“I am weary of personal worrying, in love with the art of madness.”
“The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep.”
Source: 'Another city'. a selectionf of poems from the Persian
“When you feel a peaceful joy, that's when you are near truth.”
“Darkness may hide the trees and the flowers from the eyes but it cannot hide love from the soul.”