50+ Rumi Quotes in English

 

Rumi Quotes

1. 1. "Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth."

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3. 2. "Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray."

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5. 3. "The wound is the place where the Light enters you."

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7. 4. "The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear."

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9. 5. "Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form."

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11. 6. "Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion."

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13. 7. "You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?"

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15. 8. "Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along."

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17. 9. "Do not be a magician; be magic itself."

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19. 10. "Let the beauty of what you love be what you do."

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21. 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."

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23. 12. "The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore."

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25. 13. "Do not be satisfied with the surface of things. Dive deep and find what is real."

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27. 14. "Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop."

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29. 15. "Let yourself become living poetry."

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31. 16. "I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think."

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33. 17. "Do not be a candle that gives light to others but burns itself out."

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35. 18. "The moon stays bright when it doesn't avoid the night."

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37. 19. "You think you are alive because you breathe air? Shame on you, that you are alive in such a limited way. Don't be without Love, so you won't feel dead. Die in Love and stay alive forever."

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39. 20. "Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground."

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41. 21. "I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways."

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43. 22. "The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on Earth."

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45. 23. "If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?"

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47. 24. "When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy."

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49. 25. "Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation."

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51. 26. "Travel brings power and love back into your life."

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53. 27. "Do not be a garment that only covers your body. Be the soul that attracts the world."

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55. 28. "Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth."

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57. 29. "The way you make love is the way God will be with you."

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59. 30. "Let yourself be drawn by the strange pull of what you love. It will not lead you astray."

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61. 31. "Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."

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63. 32. "Out beyond ideas of wrong doing and right doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there."

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65. 33. "Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure."

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67. 34. "Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd."

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69. 35. "Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form."

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71. 36. "Love is an endless act of forgiveness. Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom."

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73. 37. "Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life."

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75. 38. "You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop."

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77. 39. "Why are you so enchanted by this world when a mine of gold lies within you?"

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79. 40. "Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free."

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81. 41. "Do not be a seeker of love. Be the love that seeks no one, but always finds itself."

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83. 42. "Lose yourself completely, return to the root of the root of your own soul."

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85. 43. "Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself."

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87. 44. "The heart knows a thousand ways to speak."

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89. 45. "Close your eyes. Fall in Love. Stay there."

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91. 46. "This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First, to let go of life. In the end, to take a step without feet."

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93. 47. "There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don't you?"

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95. 48. "You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?"

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97. 49. "Do not be a candle that gives light to others but burns itself out."

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99. 50. "Let yourself become living poetry."

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