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The Best Quotes By Jelaluddin Rumi

"We are beyond words."

Sadaf Ayaz

Apr 25, 2016

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Rumi was a 13th-century poet who lived in different parts of the Persian empire. He was a mystic, a philosopher, and a high-level Islamic scholar of his time. However, today he is remembered for his timeless poetry.

He is the best-selling poet in America, outselling even Shakespeare. His poems speak to everyone, teaching universal life lessons with simple yet beautiful words and rhythms. His poems are invitations to the sacred and they fill the aching void. His words are all about inner transformation and with or without meaning to, they move you and change you.

Here are some of his most famous lines:

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

2. “Come, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune: every success depends upon focusing the heart.” –Rumi

3. “If you need love, love. Need happiness? Bring it to others. Want to be rich? Share from what you have. Want heaven? Do it all for God’s Pleasure.” –Rumi

4. “And do not worry that your life is
turning upside down.
How do you know that the side
you are used to is better than the one to come?” –Rumi

5. “Why are you so enchanted by this world, when a mine of gold lies within you?” –Rumi

6. “You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?” –Rumi

7. “My heart is so small, it's almost invisible. How can You place such big sorrows in it? "Look," He answered, "your eyes are even smaller, yet they behold the world.” –Rumi

8. “Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.” –Rumi

9. “Death has nothing to do with going away.

The sun sets

The moon sets

But they are not gone.” –Rumi

10. “To wander in the fields of flowers pull the thorns from your own heart.” –Rumi

11. “Love is reckless; not reason.
Reason seeks a profit.
Having died of self-interest,
Love risks everything and asks for nothing.” –Rumi

12. “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.” –Rumi

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

14. “Don't get lost in your pain, know that one day your pain will become your cure.” –Rumi

15. “We are beyond words.” –Rumi

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The Best Quotes By Jelaluddin Rumi

"We are beyond words."

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

2. “Come, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune: every success depends upon focusing the heart.” –Rumi

3. “If you need love, love. Need happiness? Bring it to others. Want to be rich? Share from what you have. Want heaven? Do it all for God’s Pleasure.” –Rumi

4. “And do not worry that your life isturning upside down.How do you know that the sideyou are used to is better than the one to come?” –Rumi

5. “Why are you so enchanted by this world, when a mine of gold lies within you?” –Rumi

6. “You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?” –Rumi

7. “My heart is so small, it's almost invisible. How can You place such big sorrows in it? "Look," He answered, "your eyes are even smaller, yet they behold the world.” –Rumi

8. “Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.” –Rumi

9. “Death has nothing to do with going away.

The sun sets

The moon sets

But they are not gone.” –Rumi

10. “To wander in the fields of flowers pull the thorns from your own heart.” –Rumi

11. “Love is reckless; not reason.Reason seeks a profit.Having died of self-interest,Love risks everything and asks for nothing.” –Rumi

12. “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.” –Rumi

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

14. “Don't get lost in your pain, know that one day your pain will become your cure.” –Rumi

15. “We are beyond words.” –Rumi

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The Best Lines from the Fab Four

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make

The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you

Love is old, love is new, love is all, love is you

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend

He say, "I know you, you know me", One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

Oh please, say to me, You'll let me be your man. And please say to me, You'll let me hold your hand

It was twenty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. They've been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see

Can you hear me? When it rains and shine, it's just a state of mind

Little darling, it's been long cold lonely winter. Little darling, it feels like years since it' s been here. Here comes the sun, Here comes the sun, and I say it's alright

We danced through the night and we held each other tight, and before too long I fell in love with her. Now, I'll never dance with another when I saw her standing there

I love you, I love you, I love you, that's all I want to say

You say you want a revolution. Well you know, we all want to change the world

All the lonely people, where do they all come from. All the lonely people, where do they all belong

Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends

Hey Jude, don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday

And when the brokenhearted people, living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be.

And anytime you feel the pain, Hey Jude, refrain. Don't carry the world upon your shoulders

I'll give you all I got to give if you say you'll love me too. I may not have a lot to give but what I got I'll give to you. I don't care too much for money. Money can't buy me love

All you need is love, love is all you need

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Though I know I'll never lose affection, for people and things that went before. I know I'll often stop and think about them. In my life, I love you more

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4. “And do not worry that your life is
turning upside down.
How do you know that the side
you are used to is better than the one to come?” –Rumi

11. “Love is reckless; not reason.
Reason seeks a profit.
Having died of self-interest,
Love risks everything and asks for nothing.” –Rumi

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