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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"Dive today from the cliff of what you know into what you can't know."

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"He alone has the right to break, for He alone has the power to mend."

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"When someone mentions the gracefulness of the night sky, climb up on the roof and dance and say, like this?"

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"Enough of words. Come to me without a sound."

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"Try another way of looking. Try you looking and the whole universe seeing."

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"I will soothe you and heal you, I will bring you roses. I too have been covered with thorns."

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"You've come to know the fortunate and the inauspicious stars, but you don't know whether you yourself are fortunate or lucky."

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"The world is like a courtroom, with God as our judge. We are called upon to fulfill our covenant with God, who asked, "Am I not your Lord?" To which we answered, "Yea." And since here on earth we are on trial, our every word and action form the witness to and the evidence of that agreement."

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"You are quaffing drink from a hundred fountains: whenever any of these hundred yields less, your pleasure is diminished. But when the sublime fountain gushes from within you, no longer need you steal from the other fountains."

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"Oh you, unceasing sun, to me Your particles communicate The luminous essence of God, Are you our God? I do not know. Intoxicated, I say nought, Bewitched by the magic potion. I cannot differentiate Between my drunk and sober state."

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"Why am I seeking? I am the same as he. His essence speaks through me. I have been looking for myself"

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"The testing of good and bad is in order that the gold may boil and bring the scum to the top."

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"Listen, open a window to God and begin to delight yourself by gazing upon Him through the opening."

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"There is some kiss we want with your whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body. Seawater begs the pearl to break its shell. And the lily, how passionately it needs some wild darling."

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"What you have despised in yourself as a thorn opens into a rose."

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