Jalal al-Din Rumi Quotes
Born: December 14, 1207
Jalal al-Din Rumi, the 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic, remains one of the most beloved voices in love and poetics. His philosophy, rooted in divine union, sees love as the universal force that dissolves the ego and connects all souls to the Beloved. Through ecstatic poetry, he invites readers to transcend logic, embrace longing, and find the sacred in the ordinary. Rumi’s quotes resonate because they speak directly to the heart’s deepest yearnings—for connection, transformation, and spiritual freedom. His legacy endures as a timeless guide, reminding us that love is both the path and the destination.
Jalal al-Din Rumi Quotes (48)
"Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees."
— Rumi"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do."
— Rumi"The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along."
— Rumi"Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form."
— Rumi"There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again."
— Rumi"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"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."
— Rumi"The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh."
— Rumi"Woman is a ray of God. She is not that earthly beloved: she is creative, not created."
— Rumi"Through Love all that is bitter will be sweet, Through Love all that is copper will be gold, Through Love all dregs will become wine, through Love all pain will turn to medicine."
— Rumi"Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom."
— Rumi"Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart."
— Rumi"That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful."
— Rumi"Something opens our wings. Something makes boredom and hurt disappear. Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness."
— Rumi"You left and I cried tears of blood. My sorrow grows. Its not just that You left. But when You left my eyes went with You. Now, how will I cry?"
— Rumi"When I die, I shall soar with angels, and when I die to the angels, what I shall become you cannot imagine."
— Rumi"Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, for that tongue of yours is the enemy of the soul, my friend. When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues."
— Rumi"There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger."
— Rumi"Oh, bird of my soul, fly away now, For I possess a hundred fortified towers."
— Rumi"It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I've gone and come back, I'll find it at home."
— Rumi"I am neither of the East nor of the West, no boundaries exist within my breast."
— Rumi"If you find the mirror of the heart dull, the rust has not been cleared from its face."
— Rumi"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."
— Rumi