Best Rumi Quotes

You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? – Rumi

The wound is the place where the Light enters you. – Rumi

Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth. – Rumi

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

Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. – Rumi

Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. – Rumi

Be certain that in the religion of Love, there are no believers and unbelievers. Love embraces all. – Rumi

Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames. – Rumi

What you seek is seeking you. – Rumi

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

You were born with potential. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don’t. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly. – Rumi

Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along. – Rumi

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

The soul is here for its own joy. – Rumi

Best Rumi Quotes part 2

If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished? – Rumi

The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along. – Rumi

Do not worry that you have no influence. In fact, your influence is too small to worry about. – Rumi

The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart. – Rumi

I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within. – Rumi

May these vows and this marriage be blessed. – Rumi

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. – Rumi

The heart is a fertile place, where the greatest things grow. – Rumi

You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep. – Rumi

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. – Rumi

Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. – Rumi

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

Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart. – Rumi

The lion is most handsome when looking for food. – Rumi

Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom. – Rumi

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. – Rumi

Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love. – Rumi

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

You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? – Rumi

Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop. – Rumi

Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth. – Rumi

We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us. – Rumi

Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there. – Rumi

Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free. – Rumi

Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. – Rumi

The heart has its own language. The heart knows a hundred thousand ways to speak. – Rumi

I want to see you. Know your voice. Recognize you when you first come ’round the corner. Sense your scent when I come into a room you’ve just left. Know the lift of your heel, the glide of your foot. Become familiar with the way you purse your lips. Then I want to know your thoughts—your dreams; the way you see yourself when you wake up in the morning. And I want you to know mine. – Rumi

What you seek is seeking you. – Rumi

Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! – Rumi

Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth. – Rumi

Every object, every being, is a jar full of delight. Be a connoisseur. – Rumi

Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along. – Rumi

The cure for pain is in the pain. – Rumi

You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? – Rumi

To praise the sun is to praise your own eyes. – Rumi

Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray. – Rumi