“A candle loses none of its light by lighting another.” And other Rumi-isms

“Respond to every call that excites your spirit.”

“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”

“Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you.”

“It’s good to leave each day behind, like flowing water, free of sadness. Yesterday is gone and its tale told. Today, new seeds are growing.”

“Keep walking, though there is no place to get to. Don’t try to see through the distances. That’s not for human beings. Move within, but don’t move the way fear makes you move.”

“Every moment, I shape my destiny with a chisel. I am a carpenter of my own soul.”

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

“Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”

“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”

“You were born with potential
You were born with goodness and trust
You were born with ideals and dreams
You were born with greatness
You were born with wings
You are not meant for crawling, so don’t
You have wings
Learn to use them, and fly.”

“Human beings come to this world to do particular work. That work is the purpose, and each is specific to the person.”

“What you seek is seeking you.”

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I’m changing myself.”

“All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from else, I am sure of that.”

“Forget safety.
Live where you fear to live.
Destroy your reputation.
Be notorious.”

“The minute I’m disappointed, I feel encouraged.
When I’m ruined, I’m healed.
When I’m quiet and solid as the ground, then I talk
the low tones of thunder for everyone.”

“I looked in Temples, Churches and Mosques. I found the Divine in my heart.”

“A candle loses none of its light by lighting another.”

“When I am silent, I have thunder hidden inside.”

“Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.”

“Only from the heart can you touch the sky.”