Quotes by Rumi

“Don't turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That's where the light enters you.”

“The moon splits open.We move through, waterbirds risingto look for another lake.Or say we are living in a love-ocean,where trust works to caulk our body-boat,to make it last a little while,until th...”

“Purge everything that's holding you back. Whatever it is you feel you are being deprived of, trust the limitation serves to bring you more of what you want.”

“By the day,I praised you and never knew it, by night, I stayed with you and never knew it. I always thought I was me but no,I was you and never knew it.”

“The word grows mad on the fermentOf angry actions, the authorities can only inflictVisible punishments. Now regard with the unpracticedInner eye the unseen presence of Judgement thenYou will unders...”

“The way of love is not a subtle argument. The door there is devastation. Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall, and falling, they're given wings.”

“Imitating others, I failed to find myself. I looked inside and discovered I only knew my name. When I stepped outside I found my real Self. ~Rumi”

“Everything that has ever been beautiful has been burned. Like you.”

“...lose your mind so that you can gain a new way of knowing.”

“...purification was the point of such pain.”

“If you can love all who've betrayed you... you can taste sweetness in everything.”

“Dont grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”

“silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.”

“Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom”

“Grief is better than happiness, because in grief a person draws close to God. Your wings open. A tent is set up in the desert where God can visit you. Wealth that arrives in grief is what we spend ...”

“The deeper the grief, the more radiant the love.”

“The point is to turn your grief into love. The roses are helping you find grace.”

“From "Wetness and Water"How does a part of the world leave the world?How can wetness leave water?Do not try to put out a fireby throwing on more fire.Do not wash a wound with blood.No matter how fa...”

“Travel brings power and love back into your life.”

“Go find yourself first so you can also find me.”