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
Quotes
1.8K
Rank
#8

Quote collection

Rumi quotes (page 6 of 89)

1.8K quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.

Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Popular

"Your eyelashes will write on my heart the poem that could never come from the pen of a poet."

Read quote 86 likes
Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Popular

"Be patient where you sit in the dark. The dawn is coming"

Read quote 84 likes
Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Popular

"Let the lover be disgraceful, crazy, absent-minded. Someone sober will worry about events going badly. Let the lover be."

Read quote 84 likes
Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Popular

"There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don't you?"

Read quote 84 likes
Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Popular

"Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots."

Read quote 82 likes
Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Popular

"Be motivated like the falcon, hunt gloriously. Be magnificent as the leopard, fight to win. Spend less time with nightingales and peacocks. One is all talk, the other only color."

Read quote 82 likes
Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Popular

"Do not leave me, hide in my heart like a secret, wind around my head like a turban. "I come and go as I please," you say, "swift as a heartbeat." You can tease me as much as you like but never leave me."

Read quote 79 likes
Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Popular

"If in the darkness of ignorance, you don’t recognize a person’s true nature, look to see whom he has chosen for his leader."

Read quote 77 likes
Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Popular

"There is a window from one heart to another heart."

Read quote 76 likes
Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Popular

"Love is not written on paper, for paper can be erased. Nor is it etched on stone, for stone can be broken. But it is inscribed on a heart and there it shall remain forever."

Read quote 75 likes
Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Popular

"What comes, will go. What is found, will be lost again. But what you are is beyond coming and going and beyond description."

Read quote 75 likes