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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"Wash the dust from your SOUl and HEART with wisdom's WATER."

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"You are the soul of the soul of the universe, and your name is Love."

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"You soak up my soul and mingle me. Each drop of my blood cries out to the earth. We are partners, blended as one."

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"When water is still like a mirror it can behold the Moon."

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"Stars burn clear all night till dawn. Do that yourself, and a spring will rise in the dark with water your deepest thirst is for."

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"Be drunk with LOVE, for Love is all that exists."

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"There is a life-force within your soul, seek that life. There is a gem in the mountain of your body, seek that mine. O traveller, if you are in search of that Don't look outside, look inside yourself and seek that."

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"This poetry. I never know what I'm going to say. I don't plan it. When I'm outside the saying of it, I get very quiet and rarely speak at all."

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"Every moment a taste of that beauty in our mouths, another stashed in a pocket. Impossible to say what: no cypress so handsome, no sunlight, a lonely hiddenness. Other pleasure gathers a crowd, starts a fight, lots of noise there. But soul beauty stays quiet..his amazing whereabouts unknown inside my heart."

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"Half-heartedne ss doesn't reach into majesty."

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"In his mind she lay at his lap with his fingers gliding thru her straight beautiful hair. He smiles and says" your beauty lights up everything around you."

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"Don't make the body do what the spirit does best, and don't put a big load on the spirit that the body could easily carry."

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"In things spiritual, there is no partition, no number, no individuals. How sweet is the oneness-unearth the treasure of Unity."

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"The whole business of love is to drown in the sea."

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"Plant the love of the holy ones within your spirit; don't give your heart to anything, but the love of those whose hearts are glad."

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"From the Distance You only See My Light; Come closer and You will Know that I Am You."

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