Quotes from Rumi

May this marriage be full of laughter, our every day in paradise.

May these vows and this marriage be blessed.

Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.

There is none dwelling in the house but God. When a man is awakened he melts and perishes.

He is like a man using a candle to look for the sun

Body is not veiled from soul, neither soul from body, Yet no man hath ever seen a soul.

I am so mad with love that mad men say to me - be still!

When you are dead, seek for your resting place not in the earth, but in the hearts of men.

Idle man, chases after fairy tales.

Like the birds of the sea, men come from the ocean-the ocean of the soul. How could this bird, born from that sea, make his dwelling here?

Give your life to the one who already owns your breath and your moments.

If you want money more than anything, you'll be bought and sold your whole life.

If you want money more than anything, you'll be bought and sold. If you have a greed for food, you'll be a loaf of bread. This is a subtle truth: Whatever you love, you are.

There is a morning inside you waiting to burst open into light.

This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. Welcome and entertain them all!

Love is the soul's light, the taste of morning, no me, no we, no claim of being.

What will our children do in the morning if they do not see us fly?

I profess the religion of love, Love is my religion and my faith. My mother is love My father is love My prophet is love My God is love I am a child of love I have come only to speak of love.

We are born of love. Love is our mother.

The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.

If all you can do is crawl, start crawling.

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

Without love, all worship is a burden, all dancing is a chore, all music is mere noise.

Bring the sky beneath your feet and listen to celestial music everywhere.