Rumi Quotes

“I said to the night,
"If you are in love with the moon,
it is because you never stay for long."
The night turned to me and said,
"It is not my fault. I never see the Sun,
how can I know that love is endless?”
― Rumi, Whispers of the Beloved

“If you can’t smell the fragrance don’t come into the garden of Love. If you’re unwilling to undress don’t enter into the stream of Truth. Stay where you are. Don’t come our way.”
― Rumi, Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved

“Are you searching for your soul? Then come out of your prison. Leave the stream and join the river that flows into the ocean. Absorbed in this world you’ve made it your burden. Rise above this world. There is another vision…”
― Rumi, Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved

“Dear heart, you are so unreasonable! First you fall in love then worry about your life. You rob and steal then worry about the law. You profess to be in love and still worry about what people say.”
― Rumi, Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved

“On my heart in beautiful calligraphy You’ve written words that only You and I can know. Their secret You promised to reveal one day but now I see You were only teasing.”
― Rumi, Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved

“Be motivated like the falcon, hunt gloriously. Be magnificent as the leopard, fight to win. Spend less time with nightingales and peacocks. One is all talk, the other only color.”
― Rumi, Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved

“I am happy tonight, united with the Friend.
Free from the pain of separation, I whirl and dance with the Beloved.
I tell my heart, 'Do not worry, the key to morning I've thrown away.”
― Rumi, Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved

“God knows you under any cover
He hears your unspoken words.
Everyone is tempted
by the eloquence of speech,
but I am the slave of
the master of silence.”
― Rumi, Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved

“Like crystals, they sparkle with rainbow colors and contain worlds inside.”
― Rumi, Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved