--- title: "4 Agony Quotes By Rumi" description: "4 Agony quotes by Rumi. Plus more from Rumi and more Agony sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60d/rumi-56_agony_you-are-the-essence-of-the-essence-the-i_239038.jpg" --- > [You are the Essence of the Essence, The intoxication of Love. I long to sing Your Praises but stand mute with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/you-are-the-essence-of-the-essence-the-intoxication-of-love-i-long-to/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60d/rumi-56_agony_you-are-the-essence-of-the-essence-the-i_239038.jpg) > [Love is the Water of Life Everything other than love for the most beautiful God is agony of the spirit, though it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/love-is-the-water-of-life-everything-other-than-love-for-the-most/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20e/rumi-56_agony_love-is-the-water-of-life-everything-oth_1107233.jpg) > [The agony of lovers burns with the fire of passion. Lovers leave traces of where they've been. The wailing of broken hearts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/the-agony-of-lovers-burns-with-the-fire-of-passion-lovers-leave/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c0/rumi-56_agony_the-agony-of-lovers-burns-with-the-fire_1360144.jpg) > [“My wails of sorrow are tormenting my soul”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/my-wails-of-sorrow-are-tormenting-my-soul/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/085/rumi-56_agony_my-wails-of-sorrow-are-tormenting-my-sou_2801787.jpg) ## Other authors on Agony - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sarah-j-maas-83224.jpg) Sarah J. Maas 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agony/sarah-j-maas/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-bukowski-22166.jpg) Charles Bukowski 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agony/charles-bukowski/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edgar-allan-poe-31442.jpg) Edgar Allan Poe 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agony/edgar-allan-poe/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richelle-mead-78985.jpg) Richelle Mead 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agony/richelle-mead/) - [Martin Luther King, Jr 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agony/martin-luther-king-jr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-eliot-37652.jpg) George Eliot 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agony/george-eliot/) - [Charlotte Bronte 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agony/charlotte-bronte/) ## More by Rumi > [The love religion is all that is written here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/the-love-religion-is-all-that-is-written-here/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/and-so-it-is-that-both-the-devil-and-the-angelic-spirit-present-us/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [We began as mineral. We emerged into plant life, and into the animal state, and then into being human, and always we have forgotten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/we-began-as-mineral-we-emerged-into-plant-life-and-into-the-animal/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [There is a morning inside you waiting to burst open into light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/there-is-a-morning-inside-you-waiting-to-burst-open-into-light/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [Sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you... This turning toward what you deeply love saves you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/sometimes-you-hear-a-voice-through-the-door-calling-you-this-turning/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [“You’ve so distracted me, your absence fans my love. Don’t ask how. Then you come near. “Do not…” I say, and “Do not…,” you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/you-ve-so-distracted-me-your-absence-fans-my-love-don-t-ask-how-then/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [There is something to be said for anyone who sits alone with dignity and silently begs for God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/there-is-something-to-be-said-for-anyone-who-sits-alone-with-dignity/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [Tis easy to break an idol, very easy: to regard the self as easy to subdue is folly, folly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/tis-easy-to-break-an-idol-very-easy-to-regard-the-self-as-easy-to/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [Today, let us swim wildly, joyously in gratitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/today-let-us-swim-wildly-joyously-in-gratitude/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [I have no name for what circles so perfectly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/i-have-no-name-for-what-circles-so-perfectly/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [What draws friends together does not conform to the laws of nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/what-draws-friends-together-does-not-conform-to-the-laws-of-nature/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [We are born of love. Love is our mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/we-are-born-of-love-love-is-our-mother/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [Water, stories, the body, all the things we do, are mediums that hid and show what's hidden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/water-stories-the-body-all-the-things-we-do-are-mediums-that-hid-and/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [If your heart isn't yet illumined Be awake always, be a seeker of the heart, Be at war continually with your carnal soul. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/if-your-heart-isn-t-yet-illumined-be-awake-always-be-a-seeker-of-the/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [“I came back to You because I could not find the kind and decent things I found in You anywhere else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/i-came-back-to-you-because-i-could-not-find-the-kind-and-decent/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agony/rumi/#itemlist", "name": "4 Agony Quotes By Rumi", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You are the Essence of the Essence, The intoxication of Love. 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