I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think. Rumi More Quotes by Rumi More Quotes From Rumi Once you conquer your selfish self, all your darkness will change to light. Rumi selfishlightdarkness Close your eyes, fall in Love, stay there. Rumi eyelovefall What comes, will go. What is found, will be lost again. But what you are is beyond coming and going and beyond description. Rumi descriptionfoundlost Tear off the mask. Your face is glorious Rumi masktearsfaces Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking. Rumi naturespiritualletting-go In our hearts there burns a fire... Rumi firerootsheart Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees. Rumi lovelyeyebeautiful Since in order to speak, one must first listen, learn to speak by listening. Rumi communicationinspireorder At every instant and from every side, resounds the call of Love: Rumi angellovecountry Is your face a beautiful blossom or a sweet torture? I have no complaints but my heart is tempted to let you hear of its sorrows. Rumi heartbeautifulsweet With passion pray. With passion make love. With passion eat and drink and dance and play. Why look like a dead fish in this ocean of God? Rumi passionoceanplay Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being. Rumi starsmoonwater Love's nationality is separate from all other religions, The lover's religion and nationality is the Beloved (God). The lover's cause is separate from all other causes Love is the astrolabe of God's mysteries. Rumi mysterycauseslove The angel is free because of his knowledge, the beast because of his ignorance. Between the two remains the son of man to struggle. Rumi angelignorancestruggle There is a place where voices sing your beauty, Rumi voicesoulwisdom Wisdom tells us we are not worthy; Rumi worthyflowtwo Nothing I say can explain to you Divine Love Yet all of creation cannot seem to stop talking about it. Rumi creationdivinetalking Love is reckless; not reason. Reason seeks a profit. Loves comes on strong, consuming herself unabashed. Yet in the midst of suffering love proceeds like a millstone, hard surfaced and straight forward. Having died to self interest, she risks everything and asks for nothing. Love gambles away every gift God bestows. Without cause God gave us Being; without cause give it back again. Gambling yourself away is beyond any religion. Religion seeks grace and favor, but those who gamble these away are God's favorites, for they neither put God to the test nor knock at the door of gain and loss. Rumi buddhiststrongloss Knowledge that is acquired is not like this. Those who have it worry if audiences like it or not. It's a bait for popularity. Disputational knowing wants customers. It has no soul... The only real customer is God. Chew quietly your sweet sugarcane God-Love, and stay playfully childish. Rumi knowingrealsweet Light the incense! You have to burn to be fragrant. Rumi incenselight
