Words of Rumi

 

“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”

                                               -Rumi

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

                                             -Rumi

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“What you seek is seeking you.

                                              -Rumi

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“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

                                              -Rumi

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“If you are irritated by every rub, How will your mirror be polished?

                                             -Rumi

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“Don't be satisfied with stories, How things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.

                                              -Rumi

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You were born with wings, Why prefer to crawl through life?

                                              -Rumi

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When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

                                            -Rumi

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“Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.

                                             -Rumi

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“The wound is the place where the light enters you.

                                             -Rumi

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“Knock, and He'll open the door 
Vanish, and He'll make you shine like the sun
Fall, and He'll raise you to the heavens
Become nothing, and He'll turn you into everything.

                                             -Rumi

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“Raise your words, not voice. 
It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. 

                                             -Rumi

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“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment

                                             -Rumi

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“Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death

                                             -Rumi

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“Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. 

                                             -Rumi

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“Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond

                                             -Rumi

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“Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love

                                             -Rumi

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“There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.
There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled.
You feel it, don't you? 

                                             -Rumi

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“Be empty of worrying.
Think of who created thought!

Why do you stay in prison
When the door is so wide open? 

                                             -Rumi

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“I know you're tired but come, this is the way. 

                                             -Rumi

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“Be like the sun for grace and mercy.
Be like the night to cover others' faults.
Be like running water for generosity.
Be like death for rage and anger.
Be like the Earth for modesty.
Appear as you are.
Be as you appear. 

                                             -Rumi

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“Suffering is a gift.

In it is hidden mercy. 

                                             -Rumi

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Reference

Goodreads. (n.d.). Rumi quotes (author of the essential Rumi). Goodreads. Retrieved June 19, 2022, from https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/875661.Rumi

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