RUMI ~ QUOTES

"You must bet and lose everything you've ever owned if you truly desire to become one with your beloved."

“My arrow of love has arrived at the target.

I am in the house of mercy and my heart is a place of prayer.”

“Soul, tell the body,

O ' Body, be silent, close your mouth, your lips.

Open your eyes and have vision.”

“One day your HEART will take you to your LOVER.

One day your soul will carry you to the Beloved.

Don’t get lost in your pain

Know that one day your PAIN will become your CURE.”

"Every step I take is a BLESSING."

“The person who we honestly love with all of our heart , usually don't loves us .. But we should not expect that person to love us in return, it is best not to expect anything, because when love is unselfishly given should not be expect to be return to us back .. “

“If ten lamps are present in one place,

each differs in form from another;

yet you can’t distinguish whose radiance is whose

when you focus on the light.”

“Do not feel lonely, The entire universe is inside you.”

“Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again , come , come.”

“God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites, so that you will have two wings to fly, not one.”

"If sugar could speak, what sweet words it would utter! Play the flute of felicity! You, yourself, are the melody."

You were born with potential.

You were born with goodness and trust.

You were born with ideals and dreams.

You were born with greatness.

You were born with wings.

You are not meant for crawling, so don't.

You have wings.

Learn to use them and fly.

“Before you ask God for what you want, first thank God for what you have.”

“There is no difference in the destination, the only difference is in the journey.”

“I was a secret treasure of kindness and generosity, and I wished this treasure to be known, so I created a mirror: its shining face, the heart; it's darkened back, the world; The back would please you if you've never seen the face.”

“Stop the words now. Open the window in the center of your chest, and let the spirits fly in and out!”.

“The only abnormality is the incapacity to love. Love is like war; easy to begin, very hard to stop. In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.”

“A baby is born with a need to be loved and never outgrows it. We are all born for love; it is the principle of existence, and its only end. Love is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life. The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.”

“Love does not dominate, it cultivates. Where there is love, there is life. People not only like to be loved, but to be told they are loved. Love is the beauty of the soul. The best proof of love is trust.”

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

"No prayer is complete without presence."

“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”

"May Allah bless the man who says less and does more." ~Umar ibn Al Khattab~

“Never lose hope, my heart, miracles dwell in the invisible. If the whole world turns against you keep your eyes on the Friend.”

"It is the burn of the heart that I want. It is this burning which is everything-more precious than a worldly empire-because it calls God secretly in the night."

“If you wish mercy, show mercy to the weak.”

“The spirtual breeze burnishes the breast of all sorrow.”

“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain which grows flowers, not thunder”.

“I will find new meaning in every joy and sorrow In that silence,I will hear the voice of spirit, and freed from this world, I will see another world where the end is another beginning”.

All humans are dead except those who have kowledge... and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds.... and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere... and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry(for others). ~Imam Al-shafi'i~

No sadness lasts forever, nor any felicity – Nor any state of poverty or one of luxury. If you are the owner of a heart that is content – Then you and the owner of the world are equivalent." ~Imam ash-Shafi~

"Just as the HEART becomes carefree

in a place of green growing plants,

goodwill and kindness are born

when our SOULS enter happiness."

“One day your HEART will take you to your LOVER.

One day your soul will carry you to the Beloved.

Don’t get lost in your pain

Know that one day your PAIN will become your CURE.”

"Apologizing does not always mean you are wrong, it just means that you value your relationships more than your ego."

“Sometimes taking wrong decision is the “Right” one to know what is life”.

“Love is from the beginning and it lasts till eternity. The seekers of love will be infinite."

“When compassion fills my heart,

free from all desire,

I sit quietly like the earth”.

“A voice is descending from the heavens

A healer is coming. If you desire healing,

let yourself fall ill”.

"Escape the poison of your impulses. The sky will bow to your beauty, if you do. Learn to light the candle. Rise with the sun."

Why are you so enchanted by this world

when a mine of gold lies within you.

open your eyes and come...

return to the root of the root of your own soul.

We stood together hand in hand in primordial time;

now at last, we are one again.

We are all of one soul struggling along one path,

and all drunk with the same wine.

From among the two worlds we chose Love alone;

except for that Love there’s nothing we adore.

What bitterness did our souls suffer from separation!

At long last, we are free from separation.

"You claim skill in every art

and knowledge of every science,

Yet you cannot even hear

what your own heart is telling you."

“When we fall in love we are ashamed of our words.

Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear,

but love unexplained is clearer”.