Rumi Quotes & Sayings

“Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy.”

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

“What you seek is seeking you.”

“Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah. It makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.”

“Let go of your mind, and then be mindful. Close your ears, and listen.”

“Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.”

“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.”

“You're not your hair, you're not your skin, you're the soul that lives within.”

“You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?”

“When setting out on a journey, do not seek advice from those who have never left home.”

“My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.”

“Don't you know yet? It is your light that lights the worlds.”

“Sit, be still, and listen.”

“What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle.”

“Achieve some perfection yourself so you don't fall into sorrow when you see perfection in others.”

“To praise the sun is to praise your own eyes.”

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing.”

“Don't be satisfied with stories of how things have gone with others — unfold your own myth.”

“Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”

“We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.”

“Don't be satisfied with stories of how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”

“What is planted in each person's soul will sprout.”

“Gratitude is the wine for the soul. Go on. Get drunk.”

“The world is a mountain; your words echo back to you.”