Mawlana Muhammad Jalal ud-Deen Bulkhi "Rumi"-Quotes

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

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

"My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there."

"That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty,
 He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful."

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

"We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust."

"Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond."

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

"If the foot of the trees were not tied to earth, they would be pursuing me..
 For I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens."

"The Prophets accept all agony and trust it
For the water has never feared the fire."

"Put your thoughts to sleep,do not let them cast a shadow
over the moon of your heart.Let go of thinking."

"The truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth."

-Rumi

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Jalaluddin Rumi Poem- Did i not say to you

Did I Not Say To You

Did I not say to you, 

“Go not there, for I am your friend; in this

mirage of annihilation I am the fountain of life?”

Even though in anger you depart a hundred thousand years

from me, in the end you will come to me, for I am your goal.

Did I not say to you, 

“Be not content with worldly forms, for I

am the fashioner of the tabernacle of your contentment?”

Did I not say to you, 

“I am the sea and you are a single fish;

go not to dry land, for I am your crystal sea?”

Did I not say to you, 

“ Go not like birds to the snare; come, for

I am the power of flight and your wings and feet?”

Did I not say to you, 

“ They will waylay you and make you

cold, for I am the fire and warmth and heat of your desire?”

Did I not say to you, 

“ They will implant in you ugly qualities

so that you will forget that I am the source of purity to you?”

Did I not say to you, 

“Do not say from what direction the ser-

vant’s affairs come into order?” I am the Creator without

directions.

If you are the lamp of the heart, know where the road is to the

house; and if you are godlike of attribute, know that I am your

Maser.

Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi

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