Rumi Quotes

Doubt is a precipice on the way to God. Blessed is he who is freed from its bonds. He who fares without any doubt, adhere to his footprints if you do not know the way. Cleave to the footprints of the deer and advance with care that you may reach the musk-gland. By means of such trekking, even if you walk on fire, you will reach the luminous peak.

I think books with spiritual themes simply point to the deeper mysteries of life - to what lies beyond us, to what's hidden inside of us, or perhaps to an understanding of what truly matters.

Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience.

God sendeth and giveth both mouth and meat.

As you walk in God's divine wisdom, you will surely begin to see a greater measure of victory and good success in your life.

I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was driving. I started out believing God for a nicer apartment than I had. Then I moved up.

Strange as it may sound, it is more difficult to maintain a faith walk when we begin to see our dreams come true. When hopes become realities it is easy to shift our faith onto the thing we have dreamed of and off of the One who was the source of our provision.

We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.

It is true that we may desire much more. But let us use what we have, and God will give us more.

Faith is not like bottled water but like rain. Its destiny is not just to be kept and held but to make something visible grow.

My faith does not lead me to think the Lord will provide us with roast pig, bread already buttered, etc. He will provide us with the ability to raise the grain.

If anyone travels on a road in search of knowledge, Allah will cause him to travel on one of the roads of Paradise.

The secret of my full identity is hidden in Him. He alone can make me who I am, or rather who I will be when at last I fully begin to be. But unless I desire this identity and work to find it with Him and in Him, the work will never be done

As we patiently follow the Savior, He will bless us beyond our own capacity to become what He wants us to be.

In my 39 years on this earth, the Holy city of Makka had been the first time I had ever stood before the Creator of all and felt like a complete human being

God gives us the vision, then He expects us to walk in obedience. As we do, the resources we need come to us.

I was raised Catholic and didn't like the dogma and exclusivity of that teaching but I was moved by the moral teachings and by the power of the Jesus fellow.

Till man destroys "self" he is no true friend of God.

I would like to use this little flower as a metaphor. The five petals of the little forget-me-not flower prompt me to consider five things we would be wise never to forget....first, forget not to be patient with yourself...second, forget not the difference between a good sacrifice and a foolish sacrifice...third, forget not to be happy now...fourth, forget not the why of the gospel...fifth, forget not that the Lord loves you.

God is teaching you a Lesson of Victory.

Love is based on our capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear, to trust a timeless truth bigger than all our difficulties.

God does not relish our sufferings, but He delights in our development.

God has brought me this far. He has laid out a phenomenal path for me. And I can't do anything but thank him.