Rumi, is the most popular Sufi poet in the world. His work is not only deep and intense, but also very ethereal. His poetry often stirs an emotion never touched and shows a facet never seen. This Buzzle article has a collection of some beautiful Rumi quotes that are worth reading, without which, life would literally feel quite disregarded.
“As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.”
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”
“Two there are who are never satisfied — the lover of the world and the lover of knowledge.”
“What you seek is seeking you.”
“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”
“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”
“Do you know what you are? You are a manuscript oƒ a divine letter. You are a mirror reflecting a noble face. This universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you are already that.”
“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
“Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.”
“Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.”
“When you go through a hard period, when everything seems to oppose you, … When you feel you cannot even bear one more minute, NEVER GIVE UP! Because it is the time and place that the course will divert!”
He is phenomenal! Rumi is considered to be the most popular poet in America.
Very inspiring! So much wisdom in simple words…
Love this poet! Absolutely brilliant quotes!