Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi Quotes

Sufism is the reconciliation of all opposites: the outer and the inner, the material and the spiritual, the finite and the infinite, the here and the hereafter, freedom and servanthood, the human and the divine. Enlightenment in this tradition does not prevent us from functioning in a practical and humble way in life, does not entitle us to special treatment, does not exclude us from the inevitable joys and griefs of life. The Sufi's union with God does not cancel servanthood. What I found through Sufism far exceeded my hopes. As an example, one poet said to me: "All of my reading, study, and creative writing could not have prepared me for the poetry of Rumi." And yet all Rumi's poetry is just the wave on the surface of the ocean of Sufi spirituality. Perhaps it is consistent with the idea of Divine generosity that it should exceed in actuality the gift we had foreseen in our imagination. The Source is not only infinitely generous, it is infinitely creative, and its gifts surpass human imagination. ~ Kabir Edmund Helminski

As you live Deeper in the Heart, the Mirror gets clearer and cleaner. ~ Rumi

The interpretation that makes you ardent and hopeful and active and reverent is the true one. ~ Rumi

Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd. ~ Rumi

Each night the moon kisses secretly
the lover who counts the stars ~ Rumi

To live without you
is to be robbed of love
and what is life without it?
To live without you
is death to me, my love
but some call it life. ~ Rumi

I've said before that every craftsman searches for what's not there to practice his craft. ~ Rumi

Do you know what you are?
You are a manuscript oƒ a divine letter.
You are a mirror reflecting a noble face.
This universe is not outside of you.
Look inside yourself;
everything that you want,
you are already that. ~ Rumi

With life as short as a half taken breath, don't plant anything but love. ~ Rumi

I manage fine with no others around;
I cannot manage without you.
My heart bears your brand,
it won't wander away from you.
Reason's eye blurs with your wine
heaven's wheel spins under your thumb Pleasure's nose follows your lead,
I cannot manage without you. ~ Jalaluddin Rumi

You have no need to go anywhere - journey within yourself. Enter a mine of rubies, and bath in the splendor of your own light. ~ Rumi

Run from what's comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I'll be mad. ~ Rumi

THE DEATH OF SALADIN
You left ground and sky weeping, mind
and soul full of grief. No one can
take your place in existence or in
absence. Both mourn, the angels, the
prophets, and this sadness I feel has
taken from me the taste of language,
so that I can't say the flavor of my
being apart. The roof of the kingdom
within has collapsed! When I say the
word YOU, I mean a hundred universes.
Pouring grief water, or secret dripping in the heart, eyes in the head or eyes
of the soul, I saw yesterday that all these flow out to find you when you're
not here. That bright fire bird Saladin
went like an arrow, and now the bow
trembles and sobs. If you know how to
weep for human beings, weep for Saladin. ~ Rumi

We owe thankfulness to God, not sour faces. ~ Rumi

If God should smile at someone once ..he then
will not hurt by bitter looks from men ~ Rumi

Even though you're not equipped, keep searching: equipment isn't necessary on the way to the Lord. ~ Rumi

Every prophet and every saint has a way, But all lead to God. All ways are really one. ~ Rumi

In this life many demolitions are actually renovations. ~ Rumi

Love is like a gold mine,
The deeper you dig in your heart, the more love you receive. ~ Bzam

There are many languages in the world; in meaning all are the same. If you break the cups, water will be unified and will flow together ~ Rumi

If these poems repeat themselves, then so does Spring. ~ Rumi

It is Love that gives joy to happiness. ~ Rumi

Many prayers are declined because of the rank odor of a corrupt heart, rising through the beautiful words. Let the words be wrong but the meaning right ...
That flawed utterance is dearer to God! ~ Rumi

Unchain yourself, my son, escape its hold!
How long will you remain a slave of gold?
-- The Masnavi ~ Rumi

My soul Is Naked.
It wears The Transparent Garment Of Love. ~ Rumi

Those with lives filled with laughter and sorrow,
Have no choice but to live between the two, in borrow.
Where is the green garden of love, that's infinite?
More than sorrow and laughter, plenty of fruits in it. ~ Rumi

Keep on knocking 'til the joy inside opens a window look to see who's there ~ Rumi

Love is such a vast sea, it has neither edges nor ends nor corners. ~ Rumi

Smiles come best from those who weep. ~ Jalaluddin Rumi

Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. ~ Rumi

Come, come, whoever you are,
wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving,
it doesn't matter.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
Come, even if you have broken your vow a hundred times.
Come, come again, come. ~ Rumi

Flattery's fire is hidden. Its sweet taste is apparent, but the smoke is bound to come out at last. ~ Rumi

We cannot steal the fire. We must enter it. ~ Rumi

A lover asked his beloved,
Do you love yourself more than you love me?
Beloved replied, I have died to myself and I live for you.
I've disappeared from myself and my attributes,
I am present only for you.
I've forgotten all my learnings,
but from knowing you I've become a scholar.
I've lost all my strength, but from your power I am able.
I love myself ... I love you.
I love you ... I love myself. ~ Rumi

Through love scraps of copper are turned to gold. ~ Rumi

There's no one with intelligence in this town except that man over there playing with the children, the one riding the stick horse. He has keen, fiery insight and vast dignity like the night sky, but he conceals it in the madness of child's play. ~ Rumi

For beloved cross every pass
Worldly affairs slow their pace
A flowing brook amidst the grass
Flowing tears his face shall trace
His ego is shattered glass Self-estranged, himself deface
Sense the Divine in spirit and mass
If he is truly seeking grace ~ Rumi

Love so needs to love that it will endure almost anything, even abuse, just to flicker for a moment. But the sky's mouth is kind, its song will never hurt you, for I sing those words. ~ Rumi

May this marriage be full of laughter, our every day in paradise. ~ Rumi

So Recklessly Exposed

December and January, gone.
Tulips coming up. It's time to watch
how trees stagger in the wind
and roses never rest.

Wisteria and Jasmine twist on themselves.
Violet kneels to Hyacinth, who bows.

Narcissus winks, wondering what will
the lightheaded Willow say
of such slow dancing by Cypress.

Painters come outdoors with brushes.
I love their hands.

The birds sing suddenly and all at once.
The soul says Ya Hu, quietly.

A dove calls, Where, ku?
Soul, you will find it.

Now the roses show their breasts.
No one hides when the Friend arrives.

The Rose speaks openly to the Nightingale.
Notice how the Green Lily has several tongues
but still keeps her secret.

Now the Nightingale sings this love
that is so recklessly exposed, like you. ~ Jalaluddin Rumi

Open the window of your heart and let the Spirit speak ~ Rumi

Life is a balance between holding on and letting go. ~ Mowlana Jalaluddin Rumi

A pure heart, open to the Light, will be filled with the elixir of Truth. ~ Rumi

A Mystic And A Drunk

The Universe turns on an axis.
Let my soul circle around a table
like a beggar, like a planet
rolling in the vast, totally helpless and free.

The knight and the castle move jaggedly
about the chessboard, but they're actually
centered on the king. They circle.

If love is your center, a ring
gets put on your finger.

Something inside the moth
is made of fire.

A mystic touches the annihilating tip
of pure nothing.

A drunkard thinks peeing is absolution.
Lord, take these impurities from me.

The lord replies, First, understand
the nature of impurity. If your key is bent,
the lock will not open.

I fall silent.
King Shams has come.
Always when I close, he opens. ~ Jalaluddin Rumi

There goes a river dragging an ocean behind it. ~ Rumi

No one becomes a scholar by virtue of robe and turban. Scholarship is a virtue in its very essence, and whether that virtue is clothed in tunic or overcoat, it makes no difference. ~ Rumi

Love is an open secret, the most obvious thing in the world and the most hidden, with no why to how it keeps its mystery. ~ Rumi

From the urgent way lovers want each other to the seeker's search for truth, all moving is from the mover. Every Pull Draws Us To The Ocean. ~ Rumi