Rumi Quotes about Water
Water in the boat is the ruin of the boat, but water under the boat is its support.
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), Jelaluddin Rumi, Kabir Helminski, Andrew Harvey (2005). “The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi”, p.228, Shambhala Publications
Rumi (2012). “Rumi's Little Book of Life: The Garden of the Soul, the Heart, and the Spirit”, p.96, Hampton Roads Publishing
There is no room for hypocrisy. Why use bitter soup for healing when sweet water is everywhere?
"The Essential Rumi". Book translated by Coleman Barks with John Moyne, A. J. Arberry and Reynold Nicholson. Chapter 19: "Jesus Poems", p. 204, 1995.
"Essential Sufism". Book by James Fadiman and Robert Frager, 1997.
Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi (2008). “Love's Ripening: Rumi on the Heart's Journey”, p.3, Shambhala Publications
The water has a Water that is driving it; The spirit has a Spirit that is Calling it.
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), Jelaluddin Rumi, Kabir Helminski, Andrew Harvey (2005). “The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi”, p.89, Shambhala Publications