Quotes by Rumi

“An eye is meant to see things.The soul is here for its own joy.A head has one use: For loving a true love.Feet: To chase after.Love is for vanishing into the sky. The mind,for learning what men hav...”

“I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way.Whoever brought me here will have to take me home.”

“Do you know what you are?You are a manuscript o 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 are...”

“Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.”

“Give up to grace. The ocean takes care of each wave 'til it gets to shore. You need more help than you know.”

“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.”

“Give your weakness to one who helps.”

“You think of yourselfas a citizen of the universe.You think you belong to this world of dust and matter.Out of this dustyou have created a personal image,and have forgottenabout the essence of your...”

“You have forgotten the Onewho doesn't care about ownership,who doesn't try to turn a profitfrom every human exchange.”

“The cure for pain is in the pain.”

“These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.”

“If you desire healing,let yourself fall illlet yourself fall ill.”

“Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies.”

“The ground's generosity takes in our compost and grows beauty! Try to be more like the ground.”

“You're water. We're the millstone.You're wind. We're dust blown up into shapes.You're spirit. We're the opening and closing of our hands. You're the clarity.We're the language that tries to say it....”

“You soak up my soul and mingle me. Each drop of my blood cries out to the earth. We are partners, blended as one.”

“Helloooo? I just made some changes in my life, and if I don't get back to you as soon as possible, then guess what? You were one of those changes.”

“Don't turn your head. Keep looking at the bandaged place. That's where the light enters you.”

“There is a secret medicine given only to those who hurt so hard they can't hope.The hopers would feel slighted if they knew.”

“If it is bread that you seek, you will have bread. If it is the soul you seek, you will find the soul. If you understand this secret, you know you are that which you seek.”