Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. When the ocean is searching for you, don't walk into the language-river. Listen to… — Rumi Babbling Copy Share Image
Burdens are the foundations of ease and bitter things the forerunners of pleasure. — Rumi Bitter Copy Share Image
Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent. Don't grieve. Anything… — Rumi Artistry Copy Share Image
Whenever Beauty looks, Love is also there; Whenever beauty shows a rosy cheek Love lights Her fire from that flame. When beauty… — Rumi And love Copy Share Image
The angel is free because of his knowledge, the beast because of his ignorance. Between the two remains the son of man… — Rumi Angel Copy Share Image
Not the ones speaking the same language, but the ones sharing the same feeling understand each other. — Rumi Feelings Copy Share Image
“Beyond Islam and unbelief there is a desert plain. For us, there is a passion in the midst of that expanse. The… — Rumi Islam Copy Share Image
“If someone can't hear a trumpet melody, sprinkle dirt on his head and declare him dead.” — Rumi Music Copy Share Image
Do not sit long with a sad friend. When you go to a garden do you look at the weeds? Spend more… — Rumi Flowers Copy Share Image
I will soothe you and heal you, I will bring you roses. I too have been covered with thorns. — Rumi Compassion Copy Share Image
You must lance an ulcer to heal it. You must tear down parts of an old building to restore it, and so… — Rumi Building Copy Share Image
“What sort of person says that he or she wants to be polished and pure, then complains about being handled roughly?” — Rumi Copy Share Image
In their seeking, wisdom and madness are one and the same. On the path of love, friend and stranger are one and… — Rumi Friendship Copy Share Image
A SEEING eye is better than three hundred blind men's: The eye can distinguish pearls from pebbles. — Rumi Blind Copy Share Image
“Your faces are very beautiful, but they are wooden cages. You had better run from me. My words are fire.” — Rumi Mortality Copy Share Image
I want a heart which is split, part by part, because of the pain of separation from God, so that I might… — Rumi Complaints Copy Share Image
You think you are alive because you breathe air? Shame on you, that you are alive in such a limited way. Don't… — Rumi Air Copy Share Image
