277 Quotes About Rumi

We are often drunk, not with alcohol, but with an insatiable ego.

The clearer your mind is, the deeper you will be able to see.

In the poem, Rumi banters with God over life's usual philosophical questions: what to do with that pesky thing called a heart, where to focus one's eyes, etcetera, etcetera. But when Rumi asks God what to do with his pain and sorrow, God tells him, "Stay with it. The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

Infinity peeks into humanity and sees itself immediately, but we pick ourselves apart ceaselessly and never see the hidden immensity.

I can’t run more than two miles at a time, but when I am in the car I become a running machine.

What else are mirrors meant for then,But so each knows himself from other men....

What else are mirrors meant for then95But so each knows himself from other men!’Your mirrors show the husk and not the kernel;The soul-revealing mirror is eternal:This mirror for the soul is the saint’s face,The one who is beyond all time and space—‘Heart, seek a mirror of this type!’ I’d scream,‘Reach for the ocean, and not a mere stream!

What else are mirrors meant for thenBut so each knows himself from other men!’Your mirrors show the husk and not the kernel;The soul-revealing mirror is eternal:This mirror for the soul is the saint’s face,The one who is beyond all time and space—‘Heart, seek a mirror of this type!’ I’d scream,‘Reach for the ocean, and not a mere stream!

Be willing to turn your attention to that which serves you.