Rumi Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Rumi quotes, Rumi sayings, and Rumi proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Not only the thirsty seek the water, the water as well seeks the thirsty. Rumi
We can't help being thirsty, moving toward the voice of water. Rumi
We can't help being thirsty, moving toward the voice of water. Milk drinkers draw close to the mother. Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, shamans, everyone hears the intelligent sound and moves with thirst to meet it. Rumi
It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you. Rumi
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. Rumi
When I am with you, we stay up all night. / When you're not here, I can't go to sleep. / Praise God for those two insomnias! / And the difference between them. Rumi
We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us. Rumi
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. Rumi
How does and essence of the world / Leave the world? / How does wetness leave water? / Don't even try / You are here to stay. Rumi
How long will you move backward? Come forward; do not stray in unbelief; come dancing to Divine Knowledge. Rumi
Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead, let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come. Rumi
I want your sun to reach my raindrops, so your heat can raise my soul upward like a cloud. Rumi
Life is a balance of holding on and letting go. Rumi
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right-doing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about. Rumi
The soul has been given its own ears to hear things that the mind does not understand. Rumi
Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray. Rumi
I have no companion but Love, no beginning, no end, no dawn. The Soul calls from within me: 'You, ignorant of the way of Love, set Me free.' Rumi
Reason is powerless in the expression of Love. Rumi
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. Rumi
Gamble everything for love, if you're a true human being. Rumi
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished Rumi
You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life Rumi
This is love to fly toward a secret sky Rumi
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along. Rumi
Remember. The way you make love is the way God will be with you. Rumi
When I am with you, we stay up all night. When you're not here, I can't go to sleep. Praise God for those two insomnia. And the difference between them. Rumi
This is love to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet. Rumi
Love is the cure, for your pain will keep giving birth to more pain until your eyes constantly exhale love as effortlessly as your body yields its scent. Rumi
Now is the time to unite the soul and the world. Rumi
When you have indulged a lust, your wing drops off you become lame, abandoned by a fantasy. People fancy they are enjoying themselves, but they are really tearing out their wings for the sake of an illusion. Rumi