Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, popularly known as and as we know him as, Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet, a Sufi mystic, faqih, Islamic scholar and a theologian. Today, people are still inspired and mesmerized by Rumi’s beautiful poems; his words simple yet very meaningful and inspiring.
Here are 21 quotes of Rumi’s out of his many, many greatest quotes/poems to brighten up your mood and for many, to go through these quotes again and feel better:
- The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are.
- Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom.
- I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.
- Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there.
- You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?
- What you seek is seeking you.
- Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
- Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.
- The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.
- Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.
- The wound is the place where the light enters you.
- Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.
- Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.
- Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor.
- Be full of sorrow, that you may become hill of joy; weep, that you may break into laughter.
- Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Cleverness is mere opinion. Bewilderment brings intuitive knowledge.
- Don’t you know yet? It is your light that lights the worlds.
- It’s your road, and yours alone, others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.
- As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.
- In each moment the fire rages, it will burn away a hundred veils. And carry you a thousand steps toward your goal.
- This is a subtle truth. Whatever you love you are.