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Rumi’s words have a way of reaching straight into your soul, don’t they?
His wisdom feels timeless, offering little reminders about love, life, and everything in between.
Reading his quotes is like sitting down with an old friend who always knows exactly what to say.
Sometimes, all it takes is one sentence to shift your perspective or brighten your mood. Rumi has this gift for saying so much with so few words.
His quotes often leave you pausing, thinking, and seeing things in a way you hadn’t before.
If you’re ready for some inspiration or just need a mental reset, these Rumi quotes might be just what you’re looking for.
Rumi Quotes That Will Change Your Thinking
1. “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”
2. “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?”
3. “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
4. “Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
5. “You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”
6. “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
7. “As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.”
8. “Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.”
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9. “Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”
10. “What you seek is seeking you.”
11. “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.”
12. “Don’t get lost in your pain, know that one day your pain will become your cure.”
13. “These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.”
14. “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
15. “Why do you stay in prison, when the door is so wide open?”
16. “Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”
17. “Don’t you know yet? It is your Light that lights the worlds.”
18. “Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.”
19. “Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”
20. “With life as short as a half-taken breath, don’t plant anything but love.”
21. “Don’t be the rider who gallops all night and never sees the horse that is beneath him.”
22. “Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”
23. “When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn’t make any sense.”
24. “Patience is not sitting and waiting, it is foreseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing the rose, looking at the night and seeing the day.”
25. “You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.”
26. “Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.”
27. “When you let go of who you are, you become who you might be.”
28. “Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.”
29. “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.”
30. “When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn’t make any sense.”
31. “Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction.”
32. “Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there.”
33. “Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others’ faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear.”
34. “Let yourself be one with the dust of the earth. This is how you bloom.”
35. “Don’t be afraid of losing what wasn’t meant to be.”
36. “The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on Earth.”
37. “Knock, and he’ll open the door. Vanish, and he’ll make you shine like the sun. Fall, and he’ll raise you to the heavens. Become nothing, and he’ll turn you into everything.”
38. “Gamble everything for love, if you are a true human being.”
39. “Be like a candle, melting yourself to light up the world.”
40. “The moment you accept what troubles you’ve been given, the door will open.”
41. “Be patient where you sit in the dark. The dawn is coming.”
42. “Move, but don’t move the way fear makes you move.”
43. “Love flows down. The ground submits to the sky and suffers whatever comes. Tell me, is the earth worse for giving in like that?”
44. “Inside you there’s an artist you don’t know about.”
45. “Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being.”
46. “The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are.”
47. “Don’t search for love. Search for barriers you’ve built against it.”
48. “Only from the heart can you touch the sky.”
49. “Be like a bird, passing over the field and never leaving a trace.”
50. “Be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”
51. “Don’t be upset with your imperfections. It’s the essence of being human.”
52. “The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.”
53. “When you feel a peaceful joy, you’re near the truth.”
54. “Try to be a sheet of paper with nothing on it. Be humble in your efforts.”
55. “Don’t get caught in your thoughts; they often lie.”
56. “Be drunk on love, for it takes you to the heart of the beloved.”
57. “Silence gives answers to questions words cannot answer.”
58. “Inside every tear of sorrow, there is a hidden joy waiting.”
59. “Be like the moon, and inspire people even when you’re far from full.”
60. “Go on, and don’t stop. The path to truth is a long journey.”
61. “A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home.”
62. “Find the sweetness in your own heart, and then you may find it in every heart.”
63. “The soul has been given its own ears to hear things the mind does not understand.”
64. “Let your teacher be love itself.”
65. “You don’t have to go anywhere to find your own soul. It’s already within you.”
66. “You are the soul of the soul of the universe, and your name is Love.”
67. “Look at the light in the sky, not the dark clouds.”
68. “Don’t worry about what others think; find what makes your soul feel alive.”
69. “Every moment has a hidden gift. Look closer.”
70. “When love itself comes to you, do not be afraid to surrender.”
71. “Do not be satisfied with the illusions of life; chase the truth.”
72. “Be like a river, moving forward and not clinging to anything.”
73. “Open the door of your heart to the smallest joys, and they will grow.”
74. “Even the smallest star can shine brightly in the darkest sky.”
75. “You must break out of your cocoon to become the butterfly you were meant to be.”
76. “There is a light within you that no darkness can touch.”
77. “Your purpose is not to be perfect, but to be real.”
78. “Happiness comes when you stop comparing your life to others.”
79. “Be like a pebble in the stream, small yet shaping the way.”
80. “Your task is not to seek love, but to break down all the walls you’ve built against it.”
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