It is the month of love! One of the okay months of the year, I guess. Of course, nothing can beat the love and light of the Christmas season. Counting down to next Christmas already. But until then, we have to “make do”. I mean, what choice do we have?
As we prepare for the month of love and people start jostling for what to do for and with their loved ones, I thought I would share some of the greatest love quotes from 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic jurist, and theologian. Rumi, of course! There’s a Rumi quote on almost everything. From love to life, friendship to gratitude, peace to silence. The entire works. Also, don’t you just love quotes?! So brief, yet so profound…
Anyway, if for some reason, you don’t love quotes (weird but okay), I know you love love (because everyone says they do). So, to help you get ready for Cupid szn, here goes some of the greatest love quotes from Rumi.
If you are wondering what kind of love to give…
“A life without love is a waste. ‘Should I look for spiritual love or material or physical love?’ Don’t ask yourself this question. Discrimination leads to discrimination. Love doesn’t need any name, category or definition. Love is a world itself. Either you are in, at the center… either you are out, yearning.”
On the importance of self-love…
“If I love myself, I love you. If I love you, I love myself.”
On how to love. And how to find love too…
“Be wild and crazy and drunk with love. If you are too careful, love will not find you.”
“Your task is not to seek for love but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
“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 are in each other all along.”
“If you want the moon, do not hide from the night. If you want a rose, do not run from the thorns. If you want love, do not hide from yourself.”
For those “secret admirers”…
“You cannot hide love. Love will get on its way. To the heart of someone you love. Far or near, it goes home. To where it belongs. To the heart of lovers.”
On the eternity of love…
“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.”
Wherever you are on the love spectrum, make sure you always have love to give and that you always give love. After all, love is what makes the world go round. And round. And round. And…you get the drift. Happy love month, people!
With love
From Mo
