The sky was lit by the splendor of the moon
So powerful I fell to the ground
Your love has made me sure
I am ready to forsake this worldly life
and surrender to the magnificence of your Being
— Jalal ad-Din Rumi
Surrender
Category: Jalal ad-Din Rumi
Reaching The Pearl
How could you reach the pearl by only looking at the sea? If you seek the pearl, be a diver: the diver needs several qualities: he must trust his rope and his life to the Friend’s hand, he must stop breathing, and he must jump.
— Jalal ad-Din Rumi
Lovers
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.
— Jalal ad-Din Rumi
Two Wings
God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites, so that you will have two wings to fly, not one.
— Jalal ad-Din Rumi
The Cure
Love is the cure, for your pain will keep giving birth to more pain until your eyes constantly exhale love as effortlessly as your body yields its scent.
— Jalal ad-Din Rumi