Quotes by Jalaluddin Rumi

“You could string a hundred endless days together,My soul would find no comfort from this pain.You laugh at my tale? You may be educatedBut you havent learned to love till youre insane”

“I want that love that moved the mountains. I want that love that split the ocean. I want that love that made the winds tremble. I want that love that roared like thunder. I want that love that will...”

“you are a volume in the divine booka mirror to the power that created the universewhatever you want, ask it of yourselfwhatever you're looking for can only be foundinside of you”

“And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?”

“Fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion.”

“The lover's ailment is separate from all other ailments: love is the astrolabe of the mysteries of God.”

“Die! Die! Die in this love!If you die in this love,Your soul will be renewed. Die! Die! Dont fear the death of that which is knownIf you die to the temporal, You will become timeless.”

“My lips got lost on the way to the kiss - that's how drunk Iwas.”

“Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged”

“Your faces are very beautiful,but they are wooden cages.You had better run from me.My words are fire.”

“The wit taught by God to the beeIs withheld from the lion and the wild ass.”

“There is a voice that doesnt use words. Listen.”

“I break out laughing. I frown.I yell and scream. Sometimes,if one jokes and giggles,one causes war.So I hide how tickled I am.Tears well up in my eyes.My body is a large city.Much grieving in one s...”

“I choose to love you in silence…For in silence I find no rejection,I choose to love you in loneliness…For in loneliness no one owns you but me,I choose to adore you from a distance…For distance wil...”

“Soul, if you want to learn secrets, your heart must forget about shame and dignity. You are God's lover, yet you worry what people are saying.”

“Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.”

“Do you know what you are?You are a manuscript oƒ a divine letter.You are a mirror reflecting a noble face. This universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself;everything that you want, you ar...”

“Peygamber dedi: 'Kadın akıllılara ve gönül sahiplerine tam galip gelir. Cahillerse kadına üstün olur, çünkü onlar sert ve serkeş davranır.' İncelik, letafet ve insaf onlarda az bulunur, çünkü tabia...”

“This silence, this moment, every moment, if it’s genuinely inside you, brings what you need. There’s nothing to believe. Only when I stopped believing in myself did I come into this beauty.Sit quie...”

“Did I Not Say To YouDid I not say to you, “Go not there, for I am your friend; in this mirage of annihilation I am the fountain of life?” Even though in anger you depart a hundred thousand years fr...”