Rumi Fire Quotations

Paradise is surrounded by what we dislike; the fires of hell are surrounded by what we desire.

The undisciplined man doesn't wrong himself alone- he sets fire to the whole world.

I am burning. If anyone lacks tinder, let him set his rubbish ablaze with my fire.

Do not worry if all the candles in the world flicker and die. We have the spark that starts the fire.

There is an unseen sweetness in the stomach’s emptiness. We are lutes. When the sound box is filled, no music can come forth. When the brain and the belly burn from fasting, every moment a new song rises out of the fire. The mists clear, and a new vitality makes you spring up the steps before you . . .

Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you. Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.

If your knowledge of fire has been turned to certainty by words alone, then seek to be cooked by the fire itself. Don't abide in borrowed certainty. There is no real certainty until you burn; if you wish for this, sit down in the fire.

The soul which cannot endure fire and smoke won't find the Secret.

If your thought is a rose, you are a rose garden; and if it is a thistle, you are fuel for the fire.

Shams, my body is a candle touched with fire.

There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don't you? You feel the separation from the Beloved. Invite Him to fill you up, embrace the fire.

This is Now. Now is, all there is. Don't wait for Then; strike the spark, light the fire.

I Wish I Could Give You A Taste Of The Burning Fire Of Love. There Is A Fire Blazing Inside Of Me. If I Cry About It, Or If I Don’t, The Fire Is At Work, Night And Day.

In each moment the fire rages, it will burn away a hundred veils. And carry you a thousand steps toward your goal.

You had better run from me. My words are fire.

Happy, not from anything that happens. Warm, not from fire or a hot bath. Light, I register zero on a scale.

Flattery's fire is hidden. Its sweet taste is apparent, but the smoke is bound to come out at last.

The time has come to turn your heart into a temple of fire.

The ear participates, and helps arrange marriages; the eye has already made love with what it sees. The eye knows pleasure, delights in the body's shape: the ear hears words that talk about all this. When hearing takes place, character areas change; but when you see, inner areas change. If all you know about fire is what you have heard see if the fire will agree to cook you! Certain energies come only when you burn. If you long for belief, sit down in the fire! When the ear receives subtly; it turns into an eye. But if words do not reach the ear in the chest, nothing happens.

In our hearts there burns a fire... That burns all veils to their root and foundation When those veils have been burned away Then the heart will understand completely. Ancient love will unfold ever-fresh forms In the heart of the Spirit, In the core of the heart.

Light up the fire of love inside and blaze the thoughts away.

The world's flattery and hypocrisy is a sweet morsel: eat less of it, for it is full of fire. Its fire is hidden while its taste is manifest, but its smoke becomes visible in the end.

Oh god Let all lovers be content Give them happy endings Let their lives be celebrations Let their hearts dance in the fire of your love

You've gotten drunk on so many kinds of wine. Taste this. It won't make you wild. It's fire. Give up, if you don't understand by this time that your living is firewood.

Most people guard against going into the fire, and so end up in it.

We cannot steal the fire. We must enter it.

Stay in the spiritual fire. Let it cook you.

The Prophets accept all agony and trust it For the water has never feared the fire.