Poverty is not for the sake of hardship. No, it is there because nothing exists but Allah. Poverty unlocks the door -… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Doubt is a precipice on the way to God. Blessed is he who is freed from its bonds. He who fares without… — Rumi Copy Share Image
You rave about the Holy Place (Masjid al-Haram) and say you've visited God's garden but where is your bunch of flowers? There… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Your heart mirrors not His love, Rusty with your sins it is, Remove this rust and you shall Perceive how Glorious He… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Let Go of Your Worries Let go of your worries and be completely clear-hearted, like the face of a mirror that contains… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Innumerable changes of moods are yours, and they are uncontrolled by you. If you knew their origin, you would be able to… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Oh Beloved, take me. Liberate my soul. Fill me with your love and release me from the two worlds. If I set… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Eventhough you are not equipped, keep searching: equipment isn't necessary on the way to the Lord. Whoever you see engaged in search,… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Whoever is sitting with friends is in the midst of a flower garden, though he may be in the fire. Whoever sits… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Whoever travels without a guide, needs two hundred years for a two-day journey. — Rumi Copy Share Image
I am a bird of God's garden and I do not belong to this dusty world For a day or two they… — Rumi Copy Share Image
When you resolve to become pious, the devil in your nature cries out at you, "Tread not those paths, O confused one;… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Allah made the illusion look real and the real an illusion. He concealed the sea and made the foam visible, the wind… — Rumi Copy Share Image
I was once like you, enlightened and "rational", I too scoffed at lovers, Now I am drunk, crazed, thin with misery. No… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Wisdom is like the rain. Its source is unlimited, but it comes down according to the season. Grocers put sugar in a… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Intelligence is the shadow of objective truth. How can the shadow vie with sunshine? — Rumi Copy Share Image
All creatures, day and night, make manifestation of Allah. Some of them know what they are doing and are aware of their… — Rumi Copy Share Image
This world is full of remedies. But you have no remedy until God opens a window for you. You may not be… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Sometimes in order to help He makes us cry Happy the eye that sheds tears for His sake Fortunate the heart that… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Say Bismillah, In the name of God, as the shaykh does with a knife when he offers an animal. Bismillah your old… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Since you are not a prophet, follow the way taught by prophets. Since you are not a king, be a loyal subject… — Rumi Copy Share Image
The morning wind spreads its fresh smell. We must get up and take that in, that wind that lets us live. Breathe… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Never be without remembrance of Him, for His remembrance gives strength and wings to the bird of the Spirit. — Rumi Copy Share Image
And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice. — Rumi Copy Share Image
We began as mineral. We emerged into plant life, and into the animal state, and then into being human, and always we have forgotten… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you... This turning toward what you deeply love saves you. — Rumi Copy Share Image
“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… — Rumi Copy Share Image
There is something to be said for anyone who sits alone with dignity and silently begs for God. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Tis easy to break an idol, very easy: to regard the self as easy to subdue is folly, folly. — Rumi Copy Share Image
