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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"I am yours. Don't give myself back to me."

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"On the way there is no harder pass than this: fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion."

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"Sing to me in the silence of your heart and I will rise up to hear your triumphant song."

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"The heart is the secret inside the secret."

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"The spirit and the body carry different loads and require different attentions. Too often we put the saddlebags on Jesus and let the donkey run loose in the pasture."

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"I said, O Love, tell me this: Does the Lord know you are treating me this way? Love said to me, yes He does, just be totally… totally… silent"

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"Sunlight fell upon the wall; the wall received a borrowed splendor. Why set your heart on a piece of earth, O simple one? Seek out the source which shines forever."

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"The world is a mountain, in which your words are echoed back to you."

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"There is no worse sickness for the soul, o you who are proud, than this pretense of perfection."

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"The gates made of light swing open. You see in."

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"Peaceful is the one who is not concerned with having more or less."

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"You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly."

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"The spiritual path wrecks the body And afterwards restores it to health. It destroys the house to unearth the treasure, And with that treasure builds it better than before."

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"And watch two men washing clothes, one makes dry clothes wet. The other makes wet clothes dry. they seem to be thwarting each other, but their work is a perfect harmony. Every holy person seems to have a different doctrine and practice, but there's really only one work."

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"Beauty and Love are as body and soul. Beauty is the mine, LOVE is the diamond. They have together since the beginning of time- Side by side, step by step."

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"Be watchful - the grace of God appears suddenly. It comes without warning to an open heart."

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"Reason is like an officer when the king appears. The officer then loses his power and hides himself. Reason is the shadow cast by God; God is the sun."

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"True beauty is a ray That springs from the sacred depths of the soul, and illuminates the body, just as life springs from the kernel of a stone and gives colour and scent to a flower."

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