When something goes wrong, accuse yourself first. Even the wisdom of Plato or Solomon can wobble and go blind — Rumi Copy Share Image
When someone criticizes or disagrees with you, a small ant of hatred and antagonism is born in your heart. If you do… — Rumi Copy Share Image
A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given you. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Who could be so lucky? Who comes to a lake for water and sees the reflection of moon. — Rumi Copy Share Image
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
If you have no eyes, do not walk blindly; take a staff in your hand. If you have no staff of insight,… — Rumi Copy Share Image
I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as a plant and rose to animal, I died as an… — 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
Last night I begged the Wise One to tell me the secret of the world. Gently, gently, he whispered, "Be quiet, the… — Rumi Copy Share Image
I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to… — Rumi Copy Share Image
To love is human. To feel pain is human. Yet to still love despite the pain is pure angel. — 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
There is a place where voices sing your beauty, A place where every breath carves your image in my soul. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Wisdom is like the rain. Its source is limitless, but it comes down according to the season. — 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
Oh Soul! You worry too much. Your arms are heavy with treasures of all kinds. — 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
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
