Rumi Spirituality Quotes

#1. Rumi and Shams taught us how to see the world with new eyes, how to find our place in the order of things, and how to extricate the true self trapped under layers of noise.

Jamila Hammad

#2. A craftsman pulled a reed from the reedbed,
cut holes in it, and called it a human being.
Since then, it's been wailing a tender agony
of parting, never mentioning the skill
that gave it life as a flute

Rumi

#3. You know you have received the invitation when your heart is ready to risk everything to hold the hand of God.

Holly Lynn Payne

#4. Rumi and Shams bring to our lives the simple truth that we are not alone, that God really does care. And God's joyous love for each of us is rivaled only by Her divine sense of humor.

Jamila Hammad

#5. Your transformation will be the miracle.

Holly Lynn Payne

#6. ... the work of the (Muslim Sufi) dervish community
was to open the heart,
explore the mystery of union,
to fiercely search for and try to say the truth,
and to celebrate the glory and difficulty
in being in human incarnation.

Coleman Barks

#7. Everything that has ever been beautiful has been burned. Like you.

Holly Lynn Payne

#8. We had little idea that this was the beginning of a much greater journey towards finding our true self, with Rumi and Shams as our fearless guides.

Jamila Hammad

#9. The only mistake you have made is asking the wrong question. It isn't about what you did wrong. It's what you have not yet done.

Holly Lynn Payne