Rumi on Purpose Quotes

"Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself."

"Work in the invisible world at least as hard as you do in the visible."

"Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd."

"Respond to every call that excites your spirit."

"You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?"

"Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion."

"Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love."

"The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires."

"Why are you so enchanted by this world, when a mine of gold lies within you?"

"Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love."

"There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled."

"Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah… it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you."

"Do not sit and wait. Get out there, feel life. Touch the sun and immerse in the sea."

"Only from the heart can you touch the sky."

"Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there."

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

"Why do you stay in prison, when the door is so wide open?"

"When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy."

"Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames."

"The lion is most handsome when looking for food."