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Rumi Wisdom Quotes & Sayings

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If you knew the secret of life, you too would choose no other companion but love. — Rumi

Your heart mirrors not His love,
Rusty with your sins it is,
Remove this rust and you shall
Perceive how Glorious He is. — Rumi

Rumi himself once said that counterfeit gold is only to be found because there is such a thing as real gold to be copied. — Idries Shah

When something goes wrong, accuse yourself first. Even the wisdom of Plato or Solomon can wobble and go blind — Rumi

Everything in the universe is a pitcher brimming with wisdom and beauty. — Rumi

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. — Rumi

If you are looking for a friend who is faultless, you will be friendless. — Rumi

Poverty is not for the sake of hardship. No, it is there because nothing exists but Allah. Poverty unlocks the door - what a blessed key! — Rumi

It is necessary to note," says Rumi, "that opposite things work together, even though nominally opposed" (Fihi Ma Fihi). — Idries Shah

Even if false gold makes a man happy:
At the mint it will be identified. — Idries Shah

Do not seek water, get thirst. — Jalaluddin Rumi

Come, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune:
every success depends upon focusing the heart. — Rumi

He is like a man using a candle to look for the sun — Rumi

When The Goodwill Of Hearts Is With You,
Fountains Of Wisdom Will Begin To Flow
From Within Your Own Being. — Rumi

I have been so naughted in Thy Love's existence that my nonexistence is a thousand times sweeter than my existence — Rumi

Do not think that your magic ring will work if you are not yourself Solomon. — Idries Shah

Friendship of the wise is good; a wise enemy is better than a foolish friend. — Rumi

Bitter your acts, bitter am I,
Kindness your deeds, kindness am I,
Pleasant and gentle, so you are,
Fine honeyed lips and sweet talker. — Rumi

In their seeking, wisdom and madness are one and the same. On the path of love, friend and stranger are one and the same. — Rumi

If you become a helper of hearts, springs of wisdom will flow from your heart. — Rumi

There is a place where voices sing your beauty,
A place where every breath carves your image in my soul. — Rumi

To love is human. To feel pain is human. Yet to still love despite the pain is pure angel. — Rumi

What hurts the soul? To live without tasting the water of its own essence. — Rumi

The middle path is the way to wisdom — Jalaluddin Rumi

Whatever pearl you seek, look for the pearl within the pearl! — Rumi

I never really cared for the things of this world. It was the glow of Your Presence that filled it with beauty. — Rumi

When we practice loving kindness and compassion we are the first ones to profit. — Rumi

Whoever travels without a guide, needs two hundred years for a two-day journey. — Rumi

Imagination blocks you like a bolt on a door. Burn that bar. (Rumi) — Idries Shah

Never be without remembrance of Him, for His remembrance gives strength and wings to the bird of the Spirit. — Rumi

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. — Jalaluddin Rumi

Wash the dust from your SOUl and HEART with wisdom's WATER. — Rumi

Moonlight floods the whole sky from horizon to horizon;
How much it can fill your room depends on its windows. — Rumi

The degree of necessity determines the development of organs in man ... therefore increase your necessity. — Idries Shah

The spirit is the mirror; the body is the rust.
(Divan-i-Shamsi Tabriz) — Idries Shah

Humble living does not diminish. It fills. Going back to a simpler self gives wisdom. — Rumi

Take the wheat, not the measure in which it is contained — Idries Shah

Wisdom tells us we are not worthy;
Love tells us we are.
My life flows between the two. — Rumi

Be clear and smiling for those who are glad to see you.
Someone who is not, let his way darken like a pen leaving a faltering ink trail. — Rumi

We are tasting the taste of eternity this minute. — Rumi

Intelligence is the shadow of objective truth. How can the shadow vie with sunshine? — Rumi

Till man destroys "self" he is no true friend of God. — Rumi

The Beloved is with you in the midst of your seeking! He holds your hand wherever you wander. — Rumi

A short time in the presence of the Friends (the Sufis) is better than a hundred years' sincere, obedient dedication. — Idries Shah

The sun never has an inferiority complex. It shines the same whether above or below. — Curtis Tyrone Jones

Pilgrimage to the place of the wise is to find escape from the flame of separateness. — Rumi

For those who realize that everything is from God, everything is the same. — Rumi

And Rumi tells us, 'Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue'. — Idries Shah

Where lowland is, that's where water goes. All medicine wants is pain to cure. — Rumi

Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being. — Rumi