Rumi

Poet, Philosopher

Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet and philosopher known for his profound explorations of love and spirituality, particularly in 'The Masnavi'.

Born
September 30, 1207
Died
December 17, 1273
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"The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in."

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"Something opens our wings. Something makes boredom and hurt disappear. Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness."

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"I once had a thousand desires. But in my one desire to know you all else melted away."

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"I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within."

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"Beg of God the removal of envy, that God may deliver you from externals, and bestow upon you an inward occupation, which will absorb you so that your attention is not drawn away."

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"Quit acting like a wolf, and feel the shepherd's love filling you."

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"There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled."

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"Intelligence is the shadow of objective truth. How can the shadow vie with sunshine?"

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"There’s nothing left of me. I’m like a ruby held up to the sunrise. Is it still a stone, or a world made of redness? It has no resistance to sunlight."

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"Come into my eyes, and look at me through them, for I have chosen a home far beyond what eyes can see."

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"Humble living does not diminish. It fills. Going back to a simpler self gives wisdom."

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"Whatever you lost through fate, be certain that it saved you from pain."

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"My heart is so small it's almost invisible. How can You place such big sorrows in it? "Look," He answered, "your eyes are even smaller, yet they behold the world."

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"Are you searching for the river of your soul? Then come out of your prison. Leave the stream and join the river that flows into the ocean."

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"Whenever Beauty looks, Love is also there; Whenever beauty shows a rosy cheek Love lights Her fire from that flame. When beauty dwells in the dark folds of night Love comes and finds a heart entangled in tresses. Beauty and Love are as body and soul. Beauty is the mine, Love is the diamond."

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