Top 100 Sufism Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “I once had a thousand desires. But in my one desire to know you, all else melted away.”

— Rumi

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2. “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.”

— Rumi

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3. “The time has come to turn your heart into a temple of fire. Your essence is gold hidden in dust. To reveal its splendor you need to burn in the fire of love.”

— Rumi

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4. “Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free.”

— Rumi

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5. “Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come.”

— Rumi

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6. “My soul is my guide, for my soul is of that abode. I will not speak of the earthly. I am of the unknown.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Self-Realization Quotes, Spirituality Quotes, Soul Quotes

7. “There is no Love greater than Love with no object. For then you, yourself, have become love, itself.”

— Rumi

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8. “You are not just the drop in the ocean. You are the mighty ocean in the drop.”

— Rumi

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9. “Purify your eyes, and see the pure world. Your life will fill with radiant forms.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Sweet Quotes, Enlightenment Quotes, Reflection Quotes, Poetry Quotes

10. “There is a field beyond all notions of right and wrong. Come, meet me there.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Enlightenment Quotes, Reflection Quotes, Soul Quotes

11. “You have been a prisoner of a little pond. I am the ocean and its turbulent flood. Come, merge with me, leave this world of ignorance.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Poetry Quotes, Meaning of Life Quotes, Soul Quotes

12. “Open your arms if you want the Beloved’s embrace.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Poetry Quotes, Desire Quotes, Love You Quotes

13. “If you wish to be a mine of jewels, open the deep ocean within your heart.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Reflection Quotes, Quotes About Feelings, Soul Quotes

14. “The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep! You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep! People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don’t go back to sleep!”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Poetry Quotes, Quotes About Dreams, Good Morning Quotes

15. “Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Love Quotes, Care Quotes, Feel Good Quotes

16. “You are the soul of the soul of the universe, and your name is Love.”

— Rumi

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17. “Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”

— Rumi

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

— Rumi

Also featured in: Acceptance Quotes, Experience Quotes, Human Nature Quotes

19. “The lamps are different, but the Light is the same. One matter, one energy, one Light, one Light-mind, endlessly emanating all things.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Poetry Quotes, Universe Quotes, Energy Quotes

20. “Look past your thoughts, so you may drink the pure nectar of This Moment.”

— Rumi

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21. “If light is in your heart, you will find your way home.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Meaning Quotes, Poetry Quotes, Quotes About Heart

22. “Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Winter Quotes

23. “I looked in temples churches and mosques. But I found the Divine within my heart.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Blessed Quotes, Soul Quotes, Quotes About Heart

24. “Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down the dulcimer. Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”

— Rumi

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25. “Work in the invisible world at least as hard as you do in the visible.”

— Rumi

26. “Love is the water of life, jump into this water.”

— Rumi

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27. “Suffering is a gift; in its hidden mercy.”

— Rumi

28. “Stay in the spiritual fire. Let it cook you.”

— Rumi

29. “The whole universe is contained within a single human being – you.”

— Rumi

30. “Love is the whole thing. We are only pieces.”

— Rumi

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31. “In their seeking, wisdom and madness are one and the same. On the path of love, friend and stranger are one and the same.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Love Life Quotes, Path Quotes

32. “Reason is powerless in the expression of Love. Love alone is capable of revealing the truth of Love and being a Lover. The way of our prophets is the way of Truth. If you want to live, die in Love; die in Love if you want to remain alive.”

— Rumi

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33. “A pure heart, open to the Light, will be filled with the elixir of Truth.”

— Rumi

34. “Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon how much he has polished it. Whoever has polished it more sees more – more unseen forms become manifest to him.”

— Rumi

35. “Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being.”

— Rumi

36. “To find the Beloved, you must become the Beloved.”

— Rumi

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37. “There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again.”

— Rumi

38. “Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Enlightenment Quotes

39. “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Self-Realization Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Personal Development Quotes

40. “Keep silent, because the world of silence is a vast fullness.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Spirituality Quotes, Silence Quotes, Quotes About the World

41. “Don’t be sad! Because God sends hope in the most desperate moments. Don’t forget, the heaviest rain comes out of the darkest clouds.”

— Rumi

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42. “Look for the answer inside your question.”

— Rumi

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43. “To Love is to reach God.”

— Rumi

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44. “Whatever happens, just keep smiling and lose yourself in Love.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Positive Thinking Quotes, Beautiful Quotes

45. “Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Love Quotes, Spirituality Quotes, Powerful Quotes

46. “Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen!”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Enlightenment Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes, Meditation Quotes

47. “Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Sweet Quotes, Passion Quotes, Choices Quotes, Moving On Quotes

48. “We are the mirror – As well as the face in it.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Self-Realization Quotes, Reflection Quotes

49. “Light up the fire of love inside and blaze the thoughts away.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Emotion Quotes, Passion Quotes, Love You Quotes

50. “If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Reflection Quotes, Wise Quotes, Health Quotes