Rumi Quotes

“A woman is a mystery to guide a wise and open man.”

“Listen, O drop, give yourself up without regret, and in exchange gain the Ocean.”

“Run from what's comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I'll be mad.”

“You live in my heart where no one sees you but I do. That vision becomes this art.”

“This discipline and rough treatment are a furnace to extract the silver from the dross. This testing purifies the gold by boiling the scum away.”

“I've brought you a mirror. Look at yourself and remember me.”

“Your mind, this globe of awareness, is a starry universe. When you push off with your foot, a thousand new roads become clear.”

“A white flower grows in the quietness. Let your tongue become that flower.”

“A lover is always accused of something. But when he finds his love, whatever was lost in the looking comes back completely changed.”

“You may learn to imitate a birdcall, but do you experience what the nightingale feels for the rose?”

“If the house of the world is dark, Love will find a way to create windows.”

“Those loves which are for the sake of a colour are not love. In the end they are a disgrace.”

“I lost everything i have, found myself.”

“Come sit with me! Let us drink the holy wine of happiness.”

“You try to be faithful And sometimes you're cruel. You are mine. Then, you leave. Without you, I can't cope. And when you take the lead, I become your footstep. Your absence leaves a void. Without you, I can't cope. You have disturbed my sleep, You have wrecked my image. You have set me apart. Without you, I can't cope.”

“Such a strong thing LOVE, changes everything.”

“This poetry. I never know what I'm going to say.”

“Trade your cleverness for bewilderment.”

“Its good to leave each day behind, like flowing water, free of sadness. Yesterday is gone and its tale told. Today new seeds are growing.”

“The chess master says nothing, other than moving the silient chess piece.”

“Light the incense! You have to burn to be fragrant.”

“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”

“The only thing that will keep you from finding that which you seek is calling off the search.”

“Don't sit and wait. Get out there, feel life. Touch the sun, and immerse in the sea.”

“Today I'm out wandering, turning my skull into a cup for others to drink wine from. In this town somewhere there sits a calm, intelligent man, who doesn't know what he's about to do!”