Rumi Quotes

There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again.

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

The rose does best as a rose. Lilies make the best lilies. And look! You – the best you around!

What you are seeking is also seeking you.

Our greatest strength lies in the gentleness and tenderness of our heart.

Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that God has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him.

Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not 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?

You know the value of every article of merchandise, but if you don’t know the value of your own soul, it’s all foolishness.

Once the seed of faith takes root, it cannot be blown away, even by the strongest wind – Now that’s a blessing.

That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.

Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love

Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom.