JSM 9 > JSM's Quotes

“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
― Rumi

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
― Rumi

“Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.”
― Rumi

“Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames”
― Rumi

“But listen to me. For one moment
quit being sad. Hear blessings
dropping their blossoms
around you.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“A mountain keeps an echo deep inside. That's how I hold your voice.”
― Rumi

“When I am with you, we stay up all night.
When you're not here, I can't go to sleep.
Praise God for those two insomnias!
And the difference between them.”
― Rumi

“Respond to every call
that excites your spirit.”
― Rumi, The Essential Rumi

“I have lived on the lip
of insanity, wanting to know reasons,
knocking on a door. It opens.
I've been knocking from the inside.”
― Rumi

“And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?”
― Rumi

“Be melting snow.
Wash yourself of yourself.”
― Rumi, The Essential Rumi