Rumi Quotes

The branch might seem like the fruit's origin: In fact, the branch exist because of the fruit.

Didn't I tell you?
They will accuse you of all the wrongdoings,
they will call you ugly names,
they will make you forget
it is me, who is the source of your happiness.

Didn't I tell you?
I am an ocean, you are a fish; do not go to the dry land,
it is me, who is your comforting body of water.

Didn't I tell you
not to be satisfied with the veil of this world?
I am the master illusionist,
it is me, who is the welcoming banner at the gate of your contentment.

Even if you lose yourself in wrath
for a hundred thousand years,
at the end you will discover,
it is me, who is the culmination of your dreams.

A hundred souls cried out, but
we are yours, we are yours, we are yours.
You are the light that spoke to Moses and said
I am God, I am God, I am God.
I said Shams-e Tabrizi, who are you?
He said, I am you, I am you, I am you.

I don't know where I am.
At times I plunge to the bottom of the sea,
at times, rise up like the Sun. At times, the universe is pregnant by me,
at times I give birth to it.

Love said to me, there is nothing that is not me.
Be silent.

This is a gathering of Lovers.
In this gathering there is no high, no low,
no smart, no ignorant,
no special assembly, no grand discourse, no proper schooling required.
There is no master,
no disciple.
This gathering is more like a drunken party,
full of tricksters, fools, mad men and mad women.
This is a gathering of Lovers.

I always thought that I was me — but no,
I was you and never knew it.

There is a certain cloud, impregnated with a thousand lightnings.
There is my body, in it an ocean formed of his glory, all the creation, all the universes, all the galaxies, are lost in it.

My head is bursting with the joy of the unknown.
My heart is expanding a thousand fold.
Every cell, taking wings, flies about the world.
All seek separately
the many faces of my Beloved.

They will ask you what you have produced.
Say to them,
except for Love, what else can a Lover produce?

Love rests on no foundation. It is an endless ocean,
with no beginning or end.

When in Love, body, mind, heart and soul don't even exist.