Rumi was an Islamic scholar and theologian of Persian origin from the 13th century . Author of the text called the Ma’arif, he is considered one of the great pillars of Sufi culture. The influences of this great writer spread throughout the Muslim world and even beyond.

The particular way of observing life that Rumi shows in his works can be fully accepted in today’s Western world. For many of the existential questions that we can all ask ourselves today, he already asked himself during his existence.

Great sentences and thoughts of Rumi

If you want to know a little more about this interesting Persian thinker, below you can find a selection of Rumi’s 80 best sentences , which may help you discover new ways of understanding the world around us.

1. Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone for others. Reveal your own myth.

We must strive to make our own dreams come true, to be bold.

2. Answer every call that excites your spirit.

In life we must dedicate ourselves to that which most attracts us and which fulfills us as individuals.

3. Work in the invisible world at least as hard as you do in the visible.

Dedicating part of our time to intellectual work can bring us great benefits.

4. You must tear down parts of a building to restore it, and the same goes for a life that has no spirit.

We can all come to remake our lives and discard those things we don’t need.

5. Become heaven. Use an axe against the prison wall. Escape.

We have the capacity to make our dreams come true, but we must also have the necessary attitude.

6. Each one has been made for a particular job, and the desire for that job has been placed in every heart.

Finding what we were born to do depends only on ourselves.

7. I’m iron resisting the biggest magnet there is.

Resisting the negative temptations that life can present us with will help us to achieve our goals.

8. Before death takes away what you have been given, give what you have to give.

Before we die, we must leave our material possessions to those close to us.

9. Who gets up early to discover the moment when the light begins?

He who begins his work early in the day, luck will be with him.

10. Melt the snow. Wash yourself.

With our will power we can remake what we don’t like about ourselves.

11. Isn’t it time to turn your heart over to a temple of fire?

It depends on our will power to achieve our personal goals.

12. What you’re looking for is looking for you.

That which we most desire in life is waiting for us to find it.

13. There’s a source inside you. Don’t walk around with an empty bucket.

We all possess the qualities necessary to achieve our goals, but it is up to us to be aware of them.

14. Put your thoughts to sleep, don’t let them cast a shadow on the moon of your heart.

Negative thoughts and doubts can be a great obstacle to do what we really want to do, we should not listen to them.

15. Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and stars reflected in your own being.

In a calm mood, we will be more aware of the situation we are in.

16. Don’t worry, anything you lose comes back another way.

In life we all suffer ups and downs and as long as we live we can recover from them.

17. Beauty is all around us, but we usually need to walk in a garden to know it.

Many times we are not aware of how lucky we are in life. We must stop and think and discover the positive aspects we have in our lives.

18. There’s a basket of fresh bread in your head and you still go door to door asking for crust.

Not listening to our own thoughts and letting ourselves be carried away by the opinions of others is something we usually do, we must reflect and be aware of what we want.

19. My soul is from another place, I am sure of that, and I intend to end up there.

Is there really a soul? It’s up to us to assess it.

20. That’s how we are with wine and good food. We want to and we get drunk, then comes the headache and the hangover.

Abusing certain pleasures will eventually take a heavy toll on us.

21. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth.

The same act can be represented in many ways and also have many different meanings.

22. God passes you from one feeling to another and teaches you through the opposites, so that you have two wings to fly, not one.

The positive and negative aspects of life teach us the difference between one and the other so that we can appreciate them.

23. When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving within you, a joy. When the action comes from another section, the feeling disappears.

Those actions that we carry out from our most absolute conviction, are those that will bring us more inner growth and personal pleasure.

24. My head explodes with the joy of strangers. My heart expands a thousand times.

The pursuit of happiness is something we all pursue and live in very different ways in our lives.

25. Some things spread our wings, some things make boredom and pain disappear.

The positive experiences that we live make life worth living, they comfort and motivate us.

26. This is how I will die in the love I have for you: like pieces of cloud dissolved in sunlight.

Love can be a very powerful force and live within us throughout our existence.

27. I do not regret how much I love, and I avoid those who regret their passion.

We should not regret what we once did for our personal satisfaction, for in life that is what we will take with us.

28. Silence is the language of God, everything else is poor translation.

In silence, all people are equal, languages separate people and generate differences between individuals.

29. The early morning breeze has secrets to tell you. Don’t go to sleep.

During the night we can use our free time to reflect and give free rein to our thoughts.

30. Where there is ruin, there is hope for treasure.

To be able to improve in one aspect this always has to be improvable, from the most dire situations the greatest empires have emerged.

31. Do not think that the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It’s quiet, but its roots are down there.

Even when all seems lost, there is always the opportunity to start over and rebuild all that we once had.

32. Raise your words, not your voice. It is the rain that makes the flowers grow, not the thunder.

In life, in order to prosper, we need our ideas to be able to achieve glory.

33. Love comes with a knife, not with some shy question, and not with fears for your reputation.

Love can be a very painful thing and when it has hurt us it is very hard to trust it again.

34. This love is the rose that blooms forever.

Love can be something imperishable and live forever within our being.

35. Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

Without love and passion we will never achieve what we most desire in life, happiness.

36. Don’t turn around. Keep your eyes on the blindfold. That’s where the light comes in.

Our wounds allow us to learn from the error and improve as individuals so that it does not happen again.

37. Water the fruit trees and not the thorns.

We must value what we value most in life and take care of it as it deserves.

38. How can I know anything about the past or future when the light of the beloved shines only now.

The only thing we really have in life is now, the past cannot be changed and the future has not yet happened.

39. The pain we embrace becomes joy. Take him into your arms where he can change.

Knowing how to understand why something hurt us will allow us to understand where we failed and how we can avoid it.

40. Allow yourself to be silenced by the greatest pull of what you truly love.

Fighting to make our dreams come true must be our highest priority.

41. Become living poetry.

Self-improvement and personal growth must accompany us throughout our existential journey.

42. Dance in the middle of the fight. Dance in your blood. Dance when you are perfectly free.

The attitude we put into life will be our key to opening the doors of happiness.

43. Now is the time to unite the soul and the world. Now is the time to see the light of the sun and the darkness as one.

Believing in ourselves is something extremely important, being aware of our virtues and defects in order to take advantage of them in our favor.

44. Take sips of this pure wine that is poured. Don’t worry that you’ve been given a dirty glass.

We must not make a big deal out of things that really don’t.

45. Be a lamp, a lifeboat or a ladder. Help heal someone’s soul. Go out of your house like a shepherd.

Helping others on their personal journey will also help us on ours, for life will pay us back in the same currency that we pay with.

46. Turn your life on. Look for those who light your flames.

Those who support us in life as friends and family will be the ones who drive us to achieve our life goals.

47. Then worry about what you really value and let the thief take something else.

We do not need material goods that do not bring us happiness, we must know how to get rid of everything that is not really essential to us.

48. Purify your eyes, and see the purity of the world. Your life will be filled with radiant forms.

The world is a wonderful place full of positive aspects, but it is up to us to know how to give it that interpretation.

49. The center of the visible and invisible universe smiles, but remember that smiles come better from those who cry.

We must help the afflicted and comfort them, for a happy world is a better world for all.

50. There is one way of breathing that is a shame and a flush, and there is another way of breathing out, a breath of love, that allows you to open yourself infinitely.

Giving is better than receiving, because with the act of giving we help someone and we also enrich ourselves.

51. Come here where the roses have opened. Let the soul and the world know each other.

Finding spiritual and emotional peace depends on our willingness to do so.

52. Ignorance is God’s prison. Wisdom is the palace of God.

Everything we learn throughout our lives will help us to be more complete and happier people.

53. A secret freedom opens up through a crack that can hardly be seen.

The little things in life are those that make us happiest, for with them we find our inner peace.

54. Sell your intelligence and buy the bewilderment.

Our thoughts are what drive us in our work, with them we can reach the top.

55. As you begin to walk out of the way, the road appears.

By leaving our comfort zone we can find a new way of seeing life and living in a much fuller way.

56. I’ve lived on the edge of madness, wanting to know the reasons and knocking on a door. I’ve been knocking from the inside!

In order to know what we want in life, we must first ask ourselves.

57. The scar is the place where the light enters you.

Through our mistakes we can improve as individuals and grow in our personal lives.

58. Your legs will become heavy and tired. Then the time will come when you will feel the wings that you have raised.

Freedom of thought allows us to move through time and space without leaving a room, that is the only freedom that can never be taken away from us.

59. Everyone who knows the power of dance dwells in God.

Dance can help us a lot both on a physical and spiritual level, it has many positive aspects.

60. Today, like any other day, we wake up empty and afraid. Let the beauty we love be what we do.

Every day we live is a new opportunity to do what we really want to do.

61. There’s a morning inside you, waiting to burst into light.

It is up to us to take that first step to begin the journey that will lead us to our happiness

62. If you could spread your wings and free your soul from jealousy, you and everyone around you would fly high like doves.

We should let other people seek their own happiness and rejoice when we think they have found it.

63. Keep knocking and the joy inside will eventually open up, and you’ll see who’s there.

We must be persevering, and in the end, life will open the doors of happiness for us.

64. In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty how to make poems. You dance inside my chest, where no one sees you, but sometimes I do and that light becomes this art.

When we feel love for a person, it can inspire us to improve as individuals, to be our muse.

65. You were born with wings. Why do you prefer to crawl through life?

We must not set limits on ourselves in life, we can achieve anything we set out to do.

66. Why should I stay at the bottom of the well when a strong rope is in my hand?

Finding the path we want to follow in life depends on us, we must realize that it has always been there waiting for us to walk it.

67. Why are you so delighted with this world when a gold mine beats within you?

Within us, we have all the qualities necessary to reach the top, we must polish our imperfections in order to shine in life.

68. Lovers are nowhere to be found. They meet each other all the time.

Love between two people is something that arises without anyone being able to avoid it and appears in the most unsuspected places.

69. To change, a person must face the dragon of his appetites with another dragon, the soul’s life energy.

We decide with our thoughts how we really are, the only way to change as individuals is by changing our way of thinking.

70. Use gratitude as a mantle and it will feed every corner of your life.

Being nice to those around us will help us to establish better personal relationships in life.

71. Here’s a letter for everyone. Open it. It says; “live.”

We must live life to the fullest and take advantage of every second it gives us.

72. These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.

When something brings us sadness or uneasiness we must let it go, it is not doing us any good.

73. Empty yourself of worry. Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide? Move out of the tangle of fear.

Many times it is we ourselves who with our thoughts boycott ourselves, we must trust in our abilities.

74. Yesterday he was smart, so he wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I want to change myself.

In order to change our life, the first thing we must change is ourselves, our thoughts and concerns. Your legs will become heavy and tired.
Then the time will come when you will feel the wings that you have raised.

Freedom of thought allows us to move through time and space without leaving a room, that is the only freedom that can never be taken away from us.

59.
Everyone who knows the power of dance dwells in God.

Dance can help us a lot both on a physical and spiritual level, it has many positive aspects.

60.
Today, like any other day, we wake up empty and afraid. Let the beauty we love be what we do.

Every day we live is a new opportunity to do what we really want to do.

61. There’s a morning inside you, waiting to burst into light.

It is up to us to take that first step to begin the journey that will lead us to our happiness

62.
If you could spread your wings and free your soul from jealousy, you and everyone around you would fly high like doves.

We should let other people seek their own happiness and rejoice when we think they have found it.

63.
Keep knocking and the joy inside will eventually open up, and you’ll see who’s there.

We must be persevering, and in the end, life will open the doors of happiness for us.

64.
In your light I learn how to love.
In your beauty how to make poems.