Rumi Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Plant the love of the holy ones within your spirit; don't give your heart to anything, but the love of those whose hearts are glad.”

“Water, stories, the body, all the things we do, are mediums that hid and show what's hidden.”

“And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice.”

“The moment I first heard love I gave up my soul, my heart, and my eyes.”

“However much I might try to expound or explain Love, when I come to Love itself, I am ashamed of my explanations... Love alone can explain the mysteries of love and lovers.”

“The gifts of lovers to one another are, in respect to love, nothing but forms; yet, they testify to invisible love.”

“Woman is a ray of God. She is not that earthly beloved: she is creative, not created.”

“The way the Beloved can fit in my heart, two thousand lives could fit in this body of mine. One kernel could contain a thousand bushels, and a hundred worlds pass through the eye of the needle.”

“I am neither of the East nor of the West, no boundaries exist within my breast.”

“When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it.”