--- title: "10 Dear Quotes By Rumi" description: "10 Dear quotes by Rumi. Plus more from Rumi and more Dear sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2b/rumi-56_dear_i-grow-silent-dear-soul-you-speak-196508_1965081.jpg" --- > [I grow silent. Dear soul, you speak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/i-grow-silent-dear-soul-you-speak/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2b/rumi-56_dear_i-grow-silent-dear-soul-you-speak-196508_1965081.jpg) > [Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader, are your own nature reflected in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/many-of-the-faults-you-see-in-others-dear-reader-are-your-own-nature/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/374/rumi-56_books_many-of-the-faults-you-see-in-others-dea_189235.jpg) > [The Past, the Future, O dear, is from you; you should regard both these as one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/the-past-the-future-o-dear-is-from-you-you-should-regard-both-these/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f06/rumi-56_dear_the-past-the-future-o-dear-is-from-you-y_2201476.jpg) > [Dear soul, don't set a high value on someone before they deserve it; You either lose them or ruin yourself...!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/dear-soul-don-t-set-a-high-value-on-someone-before-they-deserve-it/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b1/rumi-56_dear_dear-soul-don-t-set-a-high-value-on-some_2083546.jpg) > [The moment an inspiring thought enters your heart, appreciate it as a dear guest visiting you that day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/the-moment-an-inspiring-thought-enters-your-heart-appreciate-it-as-a/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a44/rumi-56_appreciate_the-moment-an-inspiring-thought-enters-y_2442041.jpg) > [If my head holds one thought wise and clear, it's You. Poor as I am, what I hold dear is You. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/if-my-head-holds-one-thought-wise-and-clear-it-s-you-poor-as-i-am/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4f/rumi-56_clear_if-my-head-holds-one-thought-wise-and-cl_627508.jpg) > [My dear soul, flee from the worthless, stay close only to those with a pure heart. Like attracts like. A crow will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/my-dear-soul-flee-from-the-worthless-stay-close-only-to-those-with-a/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4d/rumi-56_crow_my-dear-soul-flee-from-the-worthless-sta_1077313.jpg) > [My dear heart, never think you are better than others. Listen to their sorrows with compassion. If you want peace, don't harbor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/my-dear-heart-never-think-you-are-better-than-others-listen-to-their/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29c/rumi-56_bad-thoughts_my-dear-heart-never-think-you-are-better_265754.jpg) > [Be kind to yourself, dear - to our innocent follies. Forget any sounds or touch you knew that did not help you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/be-kind-to-yourself-dear-to-our-innocent-follies-forget-any-sounds-or/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/rumi-56_be-kind_be-kind-to-yourself-dear-to-our-innocent_1256510.jpg) > [The Silk Worm I stood before a silk worm one day. And that night my heart said to me, "I can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/the-silk-worm-i-stood-before-a-silk-worm-one-day-and-that-night-my/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/rumi-56_can-do_the-silk-worm-i-stood-before-a-silk-worm_814217.jpg) ## Other authors on Dear ## 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/dear/rumi/#itemlist", "name": "10 Dear Quotes By Rumi", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I grow silent. 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