Rumi Quotes

And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?

Two there are who are never satisfied — the lover of the world and the lover of knowledge.

This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.

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

Be melting snow.
Wash yourself of yourself.

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

Respond to every call
that excites your spirit.

I have lived on the lip
of insanity, wanting to know reasons,
knocking on a door. It opens.
I've been knocking from the inside.

You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.

Take someone who doesn't keep score,
who's not looking to be richer, or afraid of losing,
who has not the slightest interest even
in his own personality: he's free.

"الوداع لا يقع إلا لمن يعشق بعينيه أما ذاك الذي يحب "بروحه" وقلبه فلا ثمة انفصال "أبدا"."

Sit, be still, and listen,
because you're drunk
and we're at
the edge of the roof.

I choose to love you in silence…
For in silence I find no rejection,

I choose to love you in loneliness…
For in loneliness no one owns you but me,

I choose to adore you from a distance…
For distance will shield me from pain,

I choose to kiss you in the wind…
For the wind is gentler than my lips,

I choose to hold you in my dreams…
For in my dreams, you have no end.

Either give me more wine or leave me alone.

People want you to be happy.
Don't keep serving them your pain!

If you could untie your wings
and free your soul of jealousy,

you and everyone around you
would fly up like doves.