Quotes from Rumi

I never really cared for the things of this world. It was the glow of Your Presence that filled it with beauty.

You and I have spoken all these words, but for the way we have to go,words are no preparation. I have one small drop of knowing in my soul. Let it dissolve in your ocean

You wander from room to room Hunting for the diamond necklace That is already around your neck!

Stay in the spiritual fire. Let it cook you.

Peaceful is the one who's not concerned with having more or less. Unbound by name and fame, he is free from sorrow from the world and mostly from himself.

Most people guard against going into the fire, and so end up in it.

If the spiritual universe and the way to it were shown, No one would remain in this world for a single moment.

Love is a river. Drink from it.

I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.

Not only the thirsty seek the water, the water as well seeks the thirsty.

But listen to me. For one moment quit being sad. Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you.

Anyone who knows me, should learn to know me again; For I am like the Moon, you will see me with new face everyday.

Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real sufis just laugh: nothing tyrannizes their hearts. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl

We can't help being thirsty, moving toward the voice of water.

Oh Soul! You worry too much. Your arms are heavy with treasures of all kinds.

Love calls - everywhere and always. We're sky bound. Are you coming?

Break your pitcher against a rock. We don't need any longer to haul pieces of the ocean around.

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

In things spiritual, there is no partition, no number, no individuals. How sweet is the oneness-unearth the treasure of Unity.

To praise is to praise how one surrenders to the emptiness.

My boat strikes something deep. At first sounds of silence, waves. Nothing has happened; Or perhaps everything has happened. and I am sitting in my new life.

This is what love does and continues to do. It tastes like honey to adults and milk to children.

Each has to enter the nest made by the other imperfect bird.

Be certain that in the religion of Love there are no believers and unbelievers. LOVE embraces all.