Rumi Quotes About Darkness

• Hardship may dishearten at first, but every hardship passes away. All despair is followed by hope; all darkness is followed by sunshine.

  Rumi

  Wisdom, Islamic, Sunshine

• What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle.

  Rumi

  Spiritual, Hurt, Darkness

  Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.50, Penguin UK

• Once you conquer your selfish self, all your darkness will change to light.

  Rumi

  Selfish, Light, Darkness

  Rumi (2018). “The Spiritual Poems of Rumi”, p.61, Wellfleet

• Do good to the people for the sake of God or for the peace of your own soul that you may always see what is pure and save your Heart from the darkness of hate

  Rumi

  Hate, Heart, People

• If in the darkness of ignorance, you don’t recognize a person’s true nature, look to see whom he has chosen for his leader.

  Rumi

  Ignorance, Leader, Darkness

• Darkness may hide the trees and the flowers from the eyes but it cannot hide love from the soul.

  Rumi

  Spiritual, Flower, Eye

• There is hope after despair and many suns after darkness.

  Rumi

  Darkness, Despair, Sun

• From "Wetness and Water" How does a part of the world leave the world? How can wetness leave water? Do not try to put out a fire by throwing on more fire. Do not wash a wound with blood. No matter how fast you run, your shadow more than keeps up. Sometimes it's in front. Only full, overhead sun diminishes your shadow. But that shadow has been serving you. What hurts you blesses you. Darkness is your candle. Your boundaries are your quest.

  Rumi

  Running, Hurt, Fire

  Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi, “Shadow And Light Source Both”

• If you are seeking, seek us with joy For we live in the kingdom of joy. Do not give your heart to anything else But to the love of those who are clear joy, Do not stray into the neighborhood of despair. For there are hopes: they are real, they exist – Do not go in the direction of darkness – I tell you: suns exist.

  Rumi

  Real, Heart, Giving

• Darkness is your candle.
  Your boundaries are your quest.

  Rumi

  Darkness, Quests, Boundaries

  Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.50, Penguin UK

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