--- title: "9 Faults Quotes By Rumi" description: "9 Faults quotes by Rumi. Plus more from Rumi and more Faults sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c47/rumi-56_faults_when-you-notice-a-fault-in-your-neighbou_138033.jpg" --- > [When you notice a fault in your neighbour, search for the same in yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/when-you-notice-a-fault-in-your-neighbour-search-for-the-same-in/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c47/rumi-56_faults_when-you-notice-a-fault-in-your-neighbou_138033.jpg) > [O, happy the soul that saw its own faults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/o-happy-the-soul-that-saw-its-own-faults/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/rumi-56_faults_o-happy-the-soul-that-saw-its-own-faults_1549900.jpg) > [Finding faults is for those with tired minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/finding-faults-is-for-those-with-tired-minds/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/rumi-56_faults_finding-faults-is-for-those-with-tired-m_2116499.jpg) > [The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/the-fault-is-in-the-one-who-blames-spirit-sees-nothing-to-criticize/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/659/rumi-56_blame_the-fault-is-in-the-one-who-blames-spiri_590429.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) > [Be like a river in generosity and giving help. Be like a sun in tenderness and pity. Be like night when covering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/be-like-a-river-in-generosity-and-giving-help-be-like-a-sun-in/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/rumi-56_angry_be-like-a-river-in-generosity-and-giving_633949.jpg) > [I said to the night, "If you are in love with the moon, it is because you never stay for long." The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/i-said-to-the-night-if-you-are-in-love-with-the-moon-it-is-because/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/605/rumi-56_endless_i-said-to-the-night-if-you-are-in-love-w_2334765.jpg) > [Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/be-like-the-sun-for-grace-and-mercy-be-like-the-night-to-cover-others/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2af/rumi-56_anger_be-like-the-sun-for-grace-and-mercy-be-l_1707242.jpg) > [Many have been led astray by the Qur'an: by clinging to that rope many have fallen into the well. There is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/many-have-been-led-astray-by-the-qur-an-by-clinging-to-that-rope-many/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a09/rumi-56_clinging_many-have-been-led-astray-by-the-qur-an_2593112.jpg) ## Other authors on Faults ## 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/faults/rumi/#itemlist", "name": "9 Faults Quotes By Rumi", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you notice a fault in your neighbour, search for the same in yourself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rumi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/when-you-notice-a-fault-in-your-neighbour-search-for-the-same-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c47/rumi-56_faults_when-you-notice-a-fault-in-your-neighbou_138033.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c47/rumi-56_faults_when-you-notice-a-fault-in-your-neighbou_138033.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c47/rumi-56_faults_when-you-notice-a-fault-in-your-neighbou_138033.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When you notice a fault in your neighbour, search for the same in yourself.” — Rumi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "O, happy the soul that saw its own faults.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rumi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/o-happy-the-soul-that-saw-its-own-faults/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/rumi-56_faults_o-happy-the-soul-that-saw-its-own-faults_1549900.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/rumi-56_faults_o-happy-the-soul-that-saw-its-own-faults_1549900.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/rumi-56_faults_o-happy-the-soul-that-saw-its-own-faults_1549900.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“O, happy the soul that saw its own faults.” — Rumi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Finding faults is for those with tired minds.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rumi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/finding-faults-is-for-those-with-tired-minds/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/rumi-56_faults_finding-faults-is-for-those-with-tired-m_2116499.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/rumi-56_faults_finding-faults-is-for-those-with-tired-m_2116499.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/rumi-56_faults_finding-faults-is-for-those-with-tired-m_2116499.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Finding faults is for those with tired minds.” — Rumi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The fault is in the one who blames. 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