Jalaluddin Rumi was an Islamic scholar, Sufi mystic, and a 13th-century Persian poet. He was also one of the best mystic poets ever in history who influenced the Islamic world. May these quotes by Rumi give you insights to help you acquire a positive outlook on life.
1. “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” – Rumi
2. “Do not feel lonely. The entire universe is inside you. Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. Set your life on fire.” – Rumi
3. “If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?” – Rumi
4. “Let yourself be gently pulled by the deeper desire of what you want.” – Rumi
5. “Be a lamp, a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.” – Rumi
6. “I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways.” – Rumi
7. “In your light, I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.” – Rumi
8. “Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.” – Rumi
9. “The lamps are different, but the light is the same.” – Rumi
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10. “As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” – Rumi
11. “Why are you so enchanted by this world when a mine of gold lies within you?” – Rumi
12. “Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.” – Rumi
13. “Beauty surrounds us, but usually, we need to be walking in a garden to know it.” – Rumi
14. “The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on earth.” – Rumi
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15. “When you let go of who you are, you become who you might be.” – Rumi
16. “The only thing that will keep you from finding that which you seek is calling off the search.” – Rumi
17. “When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.” – Rumi
18. “Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.” – Rumi
19. “Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being.” – Rumi
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20. “Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor.” – Rumi
21. “Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.” – Rumi
22. “Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.” – Rumi
23. “The water in the stream may have changed many times, but the reflection of the moon and the stars remains the same.” – Rumi
24. “You’ve seen my descent. Now watch my rising.” – Rumi
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25. “Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction.” – Rumi
26. “My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.” – Rumi
27. “It’s your road, and yours alone, others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.” – Rumi
28. “You have within you more love than you could ever understand.” – Rumi
29. “I want to sing like the bird's sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.” – Rumi
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30. “The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.” – Rumi
More Rumi Quotes
31. “Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open.” – Rumi
32. “Don’t wait any longer. Dive in the ocean, leave and let the sea be you.” – Rumi
33. “You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life.” – Rumi
34. “Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.” – Rumi
35. “The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.” – Rumi
36. “The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.” – Rumi
37. “If the light is in your heart, you will find your way home.” – Rumi
38. “If you wish mercy, show mercy to the weak.” – Rumi
39. “I don’t regret how much I love, and I avoid those who repent their passion.” – Rumi
40. “You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.” – Rumi
41. “Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.” – Rumi
42. “Humble living does not diminish. It fills. Going back to a simpler self gives wisdom.” – Rumi
43. “Don’t be satisfied with stories. How things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” – Rumi
44. “Inside you, there’s an artist you don’t know about.” – Rumi
45. “Your spirit is mingled with mine what touches you, touches me.” – Rumi
46. “There is a force within that gives you life. Seek that.” – Rumi
47. “Embark on the journey of love. It takes you from yourself to yourself.” – Rumi
48. “Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.” – Rumi
49. “Don’t you know yet? It is your light that lights the worlds.” – Rumi
50. “Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” – Rumi
51. “If you knew the secret of life, you too would choose no other companion but love.” – Rumi
52. “All my feelings have the color you desire to paint.” – Rumi
53. “When you do things from the soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” – Rumi
54. “There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.” – Rumi
55. “Love is the bridge between you and everything.” – Rumi
56. “Let the beauty of what you love to be what you do.” – Rumi
57. “Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise so I am changing myself.” – Rumi
58. “The garden of the world has no limits, except in your mind.” – Rumi
59. “There is a path from me to you that I am constantly looking for.” – Rumi
60. “Life is a balance between holding on and letting go.” – Rumi
61. “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.” – Rumi
62. “The wound is the place where the light enters you.” – Rumi
63. “I don’t know why; when I look at you, I see myself.” – Rumi
64. “Seek the sound that never ceases. Seek the sun that never sets.” – Rumi
65. “Love risks everything and asks for nothing.” – Rumi
66. “Open your hands if you want to be held.” – Rumi
67. “We all face death in the end. But on the way, be careful never to hurt a human heart.” – Rumi
68. “The time has come to turn your heart into a temple of fire.” – Rumi
69. “You are the honored guest. Do not weep like a beggar for pieces of the world.” – Rumi
70. “Wisdom tells us we are not worthy; love tells us we are. My life flows between the two.” – Rumi
71. “Either be as you appear, or appear as you are.” – Rumi
72. “All that you think is rain is not. Behind the veil angels sometimes weep.” – Rumi
73. “You are granite. I am an empty wine glass. You know what happens when we touch.” – Rumi
74. “Discard yourself and thereby regain yourself. Spread the trap of humility and ensnare love.” – Rumi
75. “I belong to no religion. My religion is love. Every heart is my temple.” – Rumi
76. “Beyond the rightness or wrongness of things there is a field, I’ll meet you there.” – Rumi
77. “Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” – Rumi
78. “This turning toward what you deeply love saves you.” – Rumi
79. “He who has led you so far will guide you further.” – Rumi
80. “Gratitude is the wine for the soul. Go on. Get drunk.” – Rumi
81. “The world’s existence is not in the world.” – Rumi
82. “Your light is more magnificent than sunrise or sunset.” – Rumi
83. If words come out of the heart, they will enter the heart.” – Rumi
84. “Work. Keep digging your well. Water is there somewhere.” – Rumi
85. “In the blackest of your moments, wait with no fear.” – Rumi
86. “Whether one moves slowly or with speed, the one who is a seeker will be a finder.” – Rumi
87. “Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom.” – Rumi
88. “With every breath, I plant the seeds of devotion, I am a farmer of the heart.” – Rumi
89. “Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.” – Rumi
90. “Let us carve gems out of our stony hearts and let them light our path to love.” – Rumi
91. “Silence gives answers.” – Rumi
92. “The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires.” – Rumi
93. “Look at the moon in the sky, not the one in the lake.” – Rumi
94. “In each moment the fire rages, it will burn away a hundred veils. And carry you a thousand steps toward your goal.” – Rumi
95. “To praise the sun is to praise your own eyes.” – Rumi
96. “Respond to every call that excites your spirit.” – Rumi
97. “Half-heartedness doesn’t reach into majesty.” – Rumi
98. “Let’s rise above this animalistic behavior and be kind to one another.” – Rumi
99. “Be an empty page, untouched by words.” – Rumi
100. “I know you’re tired but come, this is the way.” – Rumi
Share these Rumi Quotes on Life and Love with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.
2. “Do not feel lonely. The entire universe is inside you. Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. Set your life on fire.” – Rumi
3. “If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?” – Rumi
4. “Let yourself be gently pulled by the deeper desire of what you want.” – Rumi
5. “Be a lamp, a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.” – Rumi
6. “I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways.” – Rumi
7. “In your light, I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.” – Rumi
8. “Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.” – Rumi
9. “The lamps are different, but the light is the same.” – Rumi
11. “Why are you so enchanted by this world when a mine of gold lies within you?” – Rumi
12. “Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.” – Rumi
13. “Beauty surrounds us, but usually, we need to be walking in a garden to know it.” – Rumi
14. “The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on earth.” – Rumi
16. “The only thing that will keep you from finding that which you seek is calling off the search.” – Rumi
17. “When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.” – Rumi
18. “Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.” – Rumi
19. “Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being.” – Rumi
21. “Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.” – Rumi
22. “Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.” – Rumi
23. “The water in the stream may have changed many times, but the reflection of the moon and the stars remains the same.” – Rumi
24. “You’ve seen my descent. Now watch my rising.” – Rumi
26. “My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.” – Rumi
27. “It’s your road, and yours alone, others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.” – Rumi
28. “You have within you more love than you could ever understand.” – Rumi
29. “I want to sing like the bird's sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.” – Rumi
More Rumi Quotes
31. “Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open.” – Rumi
32. “Don’t wait any longer. Dive in the ocean, leave and let the sea be you.” – Rumi
33. “You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life.” – Rumi
34. “Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.” – Rumi
35. “The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.” – Rumi
36. “The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.” – Rumi
37. “If the light is in your heart, you will find your way home.” – Rumi
38. “If you wish mercy, show mercy to the weak.” – Rumi
39. “I don’t regret how much I love, and I avoid those who repent their passion.” – Rumi
40. “You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.” – Rumi
41. “Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.” – Rumi
42. “Humble living does not diminish. It fills. Going back to a simpler self gives wisdom.” – Rumi
43. “Don’t be satisfied with stories. How things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” – Rumi
44. “Inside you, there’s an artist you don’t know about.” – Rumi
45. “Your spirit is mingled with mine what touches you, touches me.” – Rumi
46. “There is a force within that gives you life. Seek that.” – Rumi
47. “Embark on the journey of love. It takes you from yourself to yourself.” – Rumi
48. “Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.” – Rumi
49. “Don’t you know yet? It is your light that lights the worlds.” – Rumi
50. “Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” – Rumi
51. “If you knew the secret of life, you too would choose no other companion but love.” – Rumi
52. “All my feelings have the color you desire to paint.” – Rumi
53. “When you do things from the soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” – Rumi
54. “There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.” – Rumi
55. “Love is the bridge between you and everything.” – Rumi
56. “Let the beauty of what you love to be what you do.” – Rumi
57. “Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise so I am changing myself.” – Rumi
58. “The garden of the world has no limits, except in your mind.” – Rumi
59. “There is a path from me to you that I am constantly looking for.” – Rumi
60. “Life is a balance between holding on and letting go.” – Rumi
61. “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.” – Rumi
62. “The wound is the place where the light enters you.” – Rumi
63. “I don’t know why; when I look at you, I see myself.” – Rumi
64. “Seek the sound that never ceases. Seek the sun that never sets.” – Rumi
65. “Love risks everything and asks for nothing.” – Rumi
66. “Open your hands if you want to be held.” – Rumi
67. “We all face death in the end. But on the way, be careful never to hurt a human heart.” – Rumi
68. “The time has come to turn your heart into a temple of fire.” – Rumi
69. “You are the honored guest. Do not weep like a beggar for pieces of the world.” – Rumi
70. “Wisdom tells us we are not worthy; love tells us we are. My life flows between the two.” – Rumi
71. “Either be as you appear, or appear as you are.” – Rumi
72. “All that you think is rain is not. Behind the veil angels sometimes weep.” – Rumi
73. “You are granite. I am an empty wine glass. You know what happens when we touch.” – Rumi
74. “Discard yourself and thereby regain yourself. Spread the trap of humility and ensnare love.” – Rumi
75. “I belong to no religion. My religion is love. Every heart is my temple.” – Rumi
76. “Beyond the rightness or wrongness of things there is a field, I’ll meet you there.” – Rumi
77. “Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” – Rumi
78. “This turning toward what you deeply love saves you.” – Rumi
79. “He who has led you so far will guide you further.” – Rumi
80. “Gratitude is the wine for the soul. Go on. Get drunk.” – Rumi
81. “The world’s existence is not in the world.” – Rumi
82. “Your light is more magnificent than sunrise or sunset.” – Rumi
83. If words come out of the heart, they will enter the heart.” – Rumi
84. “Work. Keep digging your well. Water is there somewhere.” – Rumi
85. “In the blackest of your moments, wait with no fear.” – Rumi
86. “Whether one moves slowly or with speed, the one who is a seeker will be a finder.” – Rumi
87. “Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom.” – Rumi
88. “With every breath, I plant the seeds of devotion, I am a farmer of the heart.” – Rumi
89. “Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.” – Rumi
90. “Let us carve gems out of our stony hearts and let them light our path to love.” – Rumi
91. “Silence gives answers.” – Rumi
92. “The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires.” – Rumi
93. “Look at the moon in the sky, not the one in the lake.” – Rumi
94. “In each moment the fire rages, it will burn away a hundred veils. And carry you a thousand steps toward your goal.” – Rumi
95. “To praise the sun is to praise your own eyes.” – Rumi
96. “Respond to every call that excites your spirit.” – Rumi
97. “Half-heartedness doesn’t reach into majesty.” – Rumi
98. “Let’s rise above this animalistic behavior and be kind to one another.” – Rumi
99. “Be an empty page, untouched by words.” – Rumi
100. “I know you’re tired but come, this is the way.” – Rumi
Share these Rumi Quotes on Life and Love with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.