35 Rumi Quotes That Will Change Your Life - PART 3

Rumi was a 13th-century (born in Afghanistan) Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar and theologian. His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. Rumi has been described as the "most popular poet" and the "best selling poet" in the United States.

Here are some of rumi quotes with deep meaning. 

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"In this world everything attracts something. Those of the fire attract those of the fire; those of the light attract those of the light."

"Stop looking for something out there and begin seeing within. Open your arms if you want an embrace."

"Come, come, whoever you ate. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter. Ours is not a car an of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come."

"Soul, if you want to learn secrets, your heart must forget about shame and dignity. You are god's lover, yet you worry what people are saying."

"He beloved is all; the lover just a veil, the beloved is living; the lover a dead thing."

"Do not try to explain. They will only understand you as much as they see and hear.."

"Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation."

"Being a candle is not easy, in order to give light one must first burn."

"Life is a balance of holding on and letting go."

"Love is cure. Love is power. Love is the magic of changes. Love is the mirror of divine beauty."

"I am in you and I am you. No one can understand this until he has lost his mind."

"Don't sit and wait. Get out there.."

"Enough of words. Come to me without a sound."

"Listen with the ears of tolerance. See through the eyes of compassion. Speak with the language of love."

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

"And you? When will you begin the long journey into yourself?"

"Please, universal soul, practice some song, or something, through me!"

"Don't look for me in human shape. I am inside your looking."

"I do not want to waste my words on tired minds. I can only talk to those who are thirsty for the sea."

"Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction."

"With each passing moment, a soul sets off to find itself."

"What matters is how quickly you do, what your soul directs."

"Be foolish in love, because love is all there is."

"Do you know what you are? You are a manuscript of 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."

"Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of their heart."

"My soul is racing ahead of me. It says, the body is too slow for me."

"Your essence is gold hidden in dust. To reveal its splendour you need to burn in the fire of love."

"You dance inside my chest where no one sees you."

"This is how I would die into love I have for you - as pieces of cloud dissolved in sunlight."

"They will ask you what you produced. Reply to them, apart from love what can a lover produce."

"I smile like a flower not only with my lips but with my whole being."

"The company of the good will make you good. The company of the bad will make you bad. Those who are of the same nature will fly off together. Eagles, pigeons flutter with pigeons."

"Anger is like a strong wind. It cams down after a while, But lot of branches are already broken."

"If someone asks, "but what is love?" Answer, "Dissolving the will."

"Do not stray into the neighbourhood of despair. For there are hopes: They are real, they exist. Do not go in the direction of darkness I tell you, sun exists."