Rumi Quotes
Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi was a thirteenth-century Persian poet, jurist, and Sufi mystic, born in what is now Afghanistan and settling at Konya in Anatolia. After his transformative encounter with the wandering dervish Shams of Tabriz, his teaching turned from formal scholarship to ecstatic poetry as the proper vehicle for the soul's love for the divine. The quotes below are attributed to Rumi, organized by topic.
Rumi on God
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Attributed to Rumi:
“The lamps are different, but the Light is the same.”
Rumi on Life
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Attributed to Rumi:
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
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Attributed to Rumi:
“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
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Attributed to Rumi:
“Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead, let life live through you.”
Rumi on Love
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Attributed to Rumi:
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.”
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Attributed to Rumi:
“What you seek is seeking you.”
Rumi on Mind
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Attributed to Rumi:
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”