Rumi Quotes & Sayings

“We are born of love; Love is our mother.”

“You left and I cried tears of blood. My sorrow grows. Its not just that You left. But when You left my eyes went with You. Now, how will I cry?”

“Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.”

“Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom.”

“The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.”

“Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, for that tongue of yours is the enemy of the soul, my friend. When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues.”

“Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.”

“The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh.”

“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”

“Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.”