Quotes from Rumi

Wherever water flows, life flourishes: wherever tears fall, Divine mercy is shown.

If God said, 'Rumi pay homage to everything that has helped you enter my arms,' there would not be one experience of my life, not one thought, not one feeling, nor any act, I would not bow to.

The life of this world is nothing but the harmony of opposites

There is a life-force within your soul, seek that life.

Soul of all souls, life of all life - you are That. Seen and unseen, moving and unmoving - you are That.

Purify your eyes, and see the pure world. Your life will fill with radiant forms.

World power means nothing. Only the unsayable, jeweled inner life matters.

To change, you must face the dragon of your appetites with another dragon: the life-energy of the soul.

In fact, I am aware of the fake entities in my life. I know that I can clear them if I wanted to in a moment. But all this hollowness Needs my Sincerity.

if i can only recount the story of my life right out of my body flames will grow

Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.

Sunlight fell upon the wall; the wall received a borrowed splendor. Why set your heart on a piece of earth, O simple one? Seek out the source which shines forever.

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

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

Fasting is the first principle of medicine; fast and see the strength of the spirit reveal itself.

Travelers, it is late. Life's sun is going to set. During these brief days that you have strength, be quick and spare no effort of your wings

Come, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune: every success depends upon focusing the heart.

There is a force within that gives you life. Seek that.

You must lance an ulcer to heal it. You must tear down parts of an old building to restore it, and so it is with a sensual life that has no spirit in it.

At the end of my life, with just one breath left, if you come, I'll sit up and sing.

When lovers of life get ready to dance, the earth shakes and the sky trembles.

The soul lives there in the silent breath.

Kill the cow of your ego as quickly as you can, so that your inner spirit can come to life and attain true awareness.

The result of my life is no more than three words: I was raw, I became cooked, I was burnt.