Rumi Quotes
I am the ocean and its turbulent flood. Come merge with me, leave this world of ignorance. Be with me, I will open the gate to your love.
We are as the flute, and the music in us is from thee; we are as the mountain and the echo in us is from thee.
Did you hear that winter’s over? The basil and the carnations cannot control their laughter. The nightingale, back from his wandering, has been made singing master over the birds. The trees reach out their congratulations.
A divine dance appears in the soul and the body at the time of peace and union. Anyone can learn this dance, just listen to the music.
Oh friend! There is treasure in your heart, it is heavy with child. Listen. All the awakened ones, like trusted midwives are saying, ‘Welcome this pain. It opens the dark passage of Grace.'
"We are born of love; Love is our mother." #Rumi
Listen to the story told by the reed, of being separated. "Since I was cut from the reedbed, I have made this crying sound. Anyone apart from someone he loves understands what I say. Anyone pulled from a source longs to go back."
"And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?" #Rumi
"Why are you so afraid of silence? Silence is the root of everything. If you spiral into its void, a hundred voices will thunder messages you long to hear." #Rumi
"Today, let us swim wildly, joyously in gratitude." #Rumi
"Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life." #Rumi
"I went inside my heart to see how it was. Something there makes me hear the whole world weeping." #Rumi
Rumi's Hidden Music: Songs inspired by Rumi, Hafiz and other Mystics Page Liked · November 27, 2015 · Edited · "Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom." #Rumi
"I'm a candle. Light comes out as I burn." #Rumi
"If you wish mercy, show mercy to the weak." #Rumi
"My dear heart! Never think you are better than others. Listen to their sorrows with compassion." #Rumi
"Sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you, as fish out of water hear the waves, or a hunting falcon hears the drum's Come back. Come back." #Rumi
"Don’t worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?" #Rumi
"Didn't I tell you, Things are not as they seem! Didn't I tell you, This world is really just a dream!"
"Didn't I tell you, Don't get caught in the net! Didn't I tell you, Later on you'll regret!"
"Didn't I tell you, Don’t worry how things will turn out! Didn't I tell you, Keep your faith firm and have no doubt!"
"If your heart is full of light it will help you to see The path that will lead you right back home to me"
"Look at the moon in the sky, not the one in the lake."
"Suffering is a gift – in it is hidden mercy."
"Bring the sky beneath your feet and listen to celestial music everywhere."
"Poems are rough notations for the music we are"
“In the house of lovers the walls are made of songs, the floor dances and the music never stops.”
"Didn't I tell you, Don’t run away from me! Didn't I tell you, In this empty fantasy, Even if for centuries, you wander angrily You’ll never find another true companion like me"
Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.
"Thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives."
If every tip of every hair on me could speak, I still couldn’t say my full gratitude.
"Be grateful for your life, every detail of it, and your face will come to shine like a sun, and everyone who sees it will be made glad and peaceful. Persist in gratitude, and you will slowly become one with the Sun of Love, and Love will shine through you its all-healing joy."
"O day, arise! The atoms are dancing. Thanks to Him the universe is dancing. The souls are dancing, overcome with ecstasy. I'll whisper in your ear where their dance is taking them." #Rumi
"These songs are flecks of foam upon the surface of the sea, To find where pearls are grown you must dive down into the deep, But in the graceful dancing of these shining floating swirls, We see a faint reflection of the beauty of the pearl."
"Let people catch something from your heart that will cause no discomfort, but help them to sing."
Spirit’s moon in a wide-open sky. I’ve beat this drum of Love for so long, for you whom I adore, singing: “My life depends upon my dying” This keeps my body and soul alive. I dream but I do not sleep."
We have been part of a harmony before, so these moments of treble and bass keep our remembering fresh. Hearing the sound, we gather strength. Love kindles with melody. Music feeds a lover composure, and provides form for the imagination. Music breathes on personal fire and makes it keener. ~ Rumi
Love stole my prayer beads and gave me back poetry and songs
"Sages are the mirrors of God's Eternal Wisdom... The water in this river has changed innumerable times The reflection of the moon and the stars has remained unaltered Its origin is not the water but the Light-Kingdoms of Heaven" #Rumi
"Do you know what the music is saying? Come follow me and you will find the way. Your mistakes can also lead you to the Truth. When you ask, the answer will be given." #Rumi
Do not look for water. Look for thirst. #Rumi
"Plant only love, plant only love! If you want love to grow, take care what you sow, my dear, do not plant anything but love!" - Rumi
"But look, fish, you're already in the ocean: just swimming there makes you friends with glory." #Rumi
"And if He closes before you the ways and passes all, He'll show a hidden pathway which nobody has known." #Rumi
Giving thanks for abundance is sweeter than the abundance itself #Rumi
As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears. #Rumi
There are amazing things in the ocean, and there is one who is the ocean. #Rumi
"No matter what happens, If the world falls apart Show me your purpose, Show me your heart" - Rumi
"At night, I open the window and ask the moon to come and press its face against mine. Breathe into me. Close the language-door and open the love-window. The moon won't use the door, only the window." #Rumi
If your heart is full of light it will help you to see The path that will lead you right back home to me Know that love’s the final goal and love’s the secret key That will open the doorway to me.
I have one small drop of knowing in my soul #Rumi
Be a lamp, a lifeboat, a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd. #Rumi
"Didn't I tell you, You’re a little fish and I’m the sea! Didn't I tell you, Repose in me cheerfully! On dry land you’ll find only pain and agony Stay where you are suited to find comfort and peace In my boundless waters you can dance and feel at ease Your happiness lies here with me." - Rumi
You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop. #Rumi
"Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart." #Rumi