Quotes by Rumi

"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do."

"We are born of love; Love is our mother."

"The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along."

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

"Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form."

"That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquillity."

"Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom."

"Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart."

"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."

"Through Love all that is bitter will be sweet, Through Love all that is copper will be gold, Through Love all dregs will become wine, through Love all pain will turn to medicine."

"Love will find its way through all languages on its own."

"The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh."

"The gifts of lovers to one another are, in respect to love, nothing but forms; yet, they testify to invisible love."

"However much I might try to expound or explain Love, when I come to Love itself, I am ashamed of my explanations... Love alone can explain the mysteries of love and lovers."