Rumi Quotes

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about language, ideas, even the phrase each other doesn't make any sense.

What is the body? That shadow of a shadow
of your love, that somehow contains
the entire universe.

Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. Live in silence. Flow down and down in always widening rings of being.

Quit acting like a wolf, and feel the shepherd's love filling you.

There is a community of the spirit Join it, and feel the delight of walking in the noisy street, and being the noise.

Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul?
I cannot stop asking.
If I could taste one sip of an answer,
I could break out of this prison for drunks.
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.

All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.

Dwell in the place where your companions are spiritual heroes,

If you dwell with unaware people, you will be cold,

By eating meagerly, you become clever and aware.

The fire of Love cooks me

Love is the path and road of our Prophet

Everyday my heart falls deeper in the pain of your sorrow.

Love is best when mixed with anguish.

"There's no courage", The Prophet said, "before the war has begun." Drunkards vaunt their bravery when you speak of war. But in the blaze of battle they scatter like mice. I'm astonished by the man who wants purity And yet trembles when the harshness of polishing begin... When a man beats a carpet again and again It's not the carpet he's attacking, but the dirt in it.