15 Things Jalaluddin Rumi Can Teach You About Love

There are so many wonderful things the great Sufi poet, Jalaluddin Rumi, can teach you about love. And when I say "love," I am referring to that pure, truthful, and precious love we all seek–love that can be found at the core of every one of us and love that you will hopefully find more of after reading these beautiful Rumi quotes.

1. Your soul is God’s lover.

“Soul, if you want to learn secrets, your heart must forget about shame and dignity. You are God’s lover, yet you worry about what people are saying. ” Jalaluddin Rumi

2. Love is the bridge between you and everything.

“Love is the bridge between you and everything.” Jalaluddin Rumi

3. What you seek is seeking you.

“What you seek is seeking you.” ~ Jalaluddin Rumi

4. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.

“If you find me not within you, you will never find me. For I have been with you, from the beginning of me.”?~ Jalaluddin Rumi

“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. ”

“A lover asked his beloved, Do you love yourself more than you love me? The Beloved replied, "I have died for myself and I live for you." I’ve disappeared from myself and my attributes, I am present only for you. I’ve forgotten all my learning, but from knowing you, I’ve become a scholar. I’ve lost all my strength, but with your power I am able. I love myself... I love you. I love you… I love myself. ”

5. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.

“Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.” ~ Jalaluddin Rumi

6. Gamble everything for love.

“Gamble everything for love, if you are a true human being. If not, leave this gathering. Half-heartedness doesn’t reach into majesty. ” Jalaluddin Rumi

7. Love calls everywhere and always.

“Love calls everywhere and always. We’re sky bound. Are you coming? ”

Jalaluddin Rumi

8. Love is 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.” ~ Jalaluddin Rumi

9. Life without Love is death.

“To live without you is to be robbed of love and what is life without it? To live without you is death to me, my love but some call it life.” ~Jalaluddin Rumi

10. Take someone who doesn’t keep score.

“Whenever we love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven.” ~ Jalaluddin Rumi

“Take someone who doesn’t keep score, who’s not looking to be richer, or afraid of losing, who has not the slightest interest even in his own personality: he’s free.”

11.?A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one's whole heart home.

“A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home.” ~ Jalaluddin Rumi

12. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.” ~ Jalaluddin Rumi

“Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.” ~ Jalaluddin Rumi

13. Your task is not to seek for love.

“Your task is not to seek love, but merely to find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” Jalaluddin Rumi

14. Be grateful?for whoever comes your way.

“Be grateful for whoever comes, because we have sent each as a guide from beyond.” ~ Jalaluddin Rumi

15. Pain can become your greatest ally.

“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. ” ~Jalaluddin Rumi

“The wound is the place where the light enters you.” ~ Jalaluddin Rumi