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 unseen presence keeps saying to us, ‘You are Joy!’"

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"You think you are alive because you breathe air? Shame on you, that you are alive in such a limited way. Don't be without Love, so you won't feel dead. Die in Love and stay alive forever."

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"May this marriage be full of laughter, our every day in paradise."

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"Why, when God's world is so big, did you fall asleep in a prison, of all places?"

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"If you put your soul against the oar with me, the power that made the universe will enter your sinew from a source not outside of your limbs, but from a holy realm that lives within us."

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"God has allowed some magical reversal to occur, so that you see the scorpion pit as an object of desire, and all the beautiful expanse around it as dangerous and swarming with snakes."

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"I've said before that every craftsman searches for what's not there to practice his craft."

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"Ecstatic Love is an ocean, and the Milky Way is a flake of foam floating on it."

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"When you eventually see through the veils to how things really are, you will keep saying again and again, this is certainly not like we thought it was."

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"Be with those who help your being. Don't sit with indifferent people, whose breath comes cold out of their mouths."

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"Don't regret what's happened. If it's in the past, LET IT GO. Don't even remember it!"

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"Gamble everything for love, if you are a true human being. If not, leave this gathering. Half-heartedness doesn’t reach into majesty."

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"Don't be fooled by my beauty - the light of my face comes from the candle of my spirit."

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"All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that,and I intend to end up there. Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul? I cannot stop asking. If I could taste one sip of an answer, I could break out of this prison for drunks. I didn’t come here of my own accord, and I can’t leave that way. Whoever brought me here, will have to take me home."

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"Why set your heart on a piece ofearth,seek out the source which shines forever."

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"When love itself comes to kiss you, don't hold back!"

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"Love has come to rule and transform; Stay awake, my heart, stay awake."

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"It is Love that holds everything together, and it is the everything also."

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"To change, you must face the dragon of your appetites with another dragon: the life-energy of the soul."

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