Rumi Quotes - Page 16

• Whenever sorrow comes, be kind to it.
  For God has placed a pearl in sorrow’s hand.

  Rumi

  Hands, Sorrow, Pearls

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• There are many languages in the world; in meaning all are the same. If you break the cups, water will be unified and will flow together.

  Rumi

  Water, Together, World

  Speech of Celal Çelebi at the Vatican, www.mevlana.ch. September 2014.

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• There's no need to travel anywhere. Journey within yourself.

  Rumi

  Philosophy, Journey, Needs

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• Friendship of the wise is good; a wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.

  Rumi

  Wise, Wisdom, Enemy

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• God does not look at your outer forms,
  but at the love within your love.

  Rumi

  Doe, Looks, Form

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• The lovers of God never run out of patience, for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon to become full.

  Rumi

  Running, Moon, Lovers

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

  Rumi

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Sadness

  Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.205, Penguin UK

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• What in your life is calling you, When all the noise is silenced, The meetings adjourned... The lists laid aside, And the Wild Iris blooms By itself In the dark forest... What still pulls on your soul?

  Rumi

  Life, Dark, Soul

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• There is a way between voice and presence, where information flows. In disciplined silence it opens; with wandering talk it closes.

  Rumi

  Information Flow, Voice, Silence

  Rumi (2014). “'Another city'. a selectionf of poems from the Persian”, p.106, Lulu.com

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• And don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous.

  Rumi

  Winter, Garden, Thinking

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• If you dig a pit for others to fall into, you will fall into it yourself.

  Rumi

  Fall, Pits, Ifs

  "Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance". Book by Rumi, translated by Camille Adams Helminsk and Kabir Helminski, 1990.

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• The soul: a wide listening sky with thousands of candles.

  Rumi

  Sky, Soul, Listening

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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

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Thinking

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• Water in the boat is the ruin of the boat, but water under the boat is its support.

  Rumi

  Water, Support, Ruins

  Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), Jelaluddin Rumi, Kabir Helminski, Andrew Harvey (2005). “The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi”, p.228, Shambhala Publications

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• Don't look for me in a human shape,
  I am inside your looking.

  Rumi

  Looks, Shapes, Humans

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• I have come to drag you out of yourself and take you into my heart. I have come to bring out the beauty you never knew you had, and lift you like a prayer to the sky.

  Rumi

  Prayer, Heart, Sky

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• Make everything in you an ear, each atom of your being, and you will hear at every moment what the Source is whispering to you...you are -we all are-the beloved of the beloved, and in every moment, in every event of your life , the Beloved is whispering to you exactly what you need to hear and know. Who can ever explain this miracle? It simply is.

  Rumi

  Miracle, Events, Atoms

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• Keep digging your well. Water is there somewhere.

  Rumi

  Water, Digging, Wells

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• It is as if a king had sent you to a country to carry out one special, specific task. You go to the country and you perform a hundred other tasks, but if you have not performed the task you were sent for, it is as if you have done nothing at all. So people have come into the world for particular tasks, and that is our purpose. If we don't perform it, we will have done nothing.

  Rumi

  Country, Kings, People

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• Love is the common denominator that unites all people whatever religion they are.

  Rumi

  Love Is, People, Common

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• All that you think is rain is not. Behind the veil angels sometimes weep.

  Rumi

  Rain, Angel, Thinking

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• Look carefully around you and recognize the luminosity of souls. Sit beside those who draw you to that.

  Rumi

  Soul, Looks, Draws

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• In order to understand the dance one must be still. And in order to truly understand stillness one must dance.

  Rumi

  Order, Stills, Stillness

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• Do you hear 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

  Mistake, Answers, Way

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• How could you reach the pearl by only looking at the sea? If you seek the pearl, be a diver: the diver needs several qualities: he must trust his rope and his life to the Friend's hand, he must stop breathing, and he must jump.

  Rumi

  Hands, Sea, Breathing

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