Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation. – Rumi
I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think. – Rumi
When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. – Rumi
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so i am changing myself. – Rumi
Either give me more wine or leave me alone. – Rumi
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. – Rumi
Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. – Rumi
Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy. – Rumi
What you seek is seeking you. – Rumi
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished? – Rumi
Lovers have heartaches that can’t be cured by drugs or sleep, or games, but only by seeing their beloved. – Rumi
My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there. – Rumi
Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. – Rumi
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. – Rumi
Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love. – Rumi
Travel brings power and love back into your life. – Rumi
Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure. – Rumi
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. – Rumi
Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death. – Rumi
In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art. – Rumi
Which is worth more, a crowd of thousands, or your own genuine solitude? Freedom, or power over an entire nation? A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given you. – Rumi
Anyone who genuinely and consistently with both hands looks for something, will find it. – Rumi
What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle. – Rumi
The intelligent desire self-control; children want candy. – Rumi
Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. – Rumi
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. – Rumi
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
They say there is a doorway from heart to heart, but what is the use of a door when there are no walls. – Rumi
When you go through a hard period, When everything seems to oppose you, … When you feel you cannot even bear one more minute, Never give up Because it is the time and place that the course will divert. – Rumi
You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life. – Rumi
If all you can do is crawl, start crawling. – Rumi
Go find yourself first So you can also find me. – 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
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. – Rumi
God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites so that you will have two wings to fly, not one – Rumi
When someone is counting out gold for you, don’t look at your hands, or the gold. Look at the giver. – Rumi
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