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 source of now is here."

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"Because the Beloved wants to know, unseen things become manifest. Hiding is the hidden purpose of creation."

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"This is what love does and continues to do. It tastes like honey to adults and milk to children."

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"I don't want learning, or dignity, or respectability. I want this music, and this dawn, and the warmth of your cheek against mine."

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"Love said to me, there is nothing that is not me. Be silent."

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"When you seek Love with all your Heart, you shall find its echoes in the universe."

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"When a man makes up a story for his child, he becomes a father and a child together, listening."

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"There is a moon inside every human being. Learn to be companions with it."

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"Look at the moon in the sky, not the one in the lake."

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"The spirit is so near that you can't see it! But reach for it... don't be a jar, full of water, whose rim is always dry. Don't be the rider who gallops all night and never sees the horse that is beneath him."

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"When I die, I shall soar with angels, and when I die to the angels, what I shall become you cannot imagine."

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"I see my beauty in you."

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"I can't stop pointing to the beauty. Every moment and place says, 'Put this design in your carpet!'"

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"Love is a madman, working his wild schemes, tearing off his clothes, running through the mountains..."

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"I am dying into your mystery, and dying, I am now no other than that mystery. I open to your majesty as an orchard welcomes rain, and twenty times that."

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"There cannot be self-restraint in the absence of desire: when there is no adversary, what avails thy courage? Hark, do not castrate thyself, do not become a monk: chastity depends on the existence of lust."

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"The meaning of poetry has no sureness of direction; is like the sling, it is not under control."

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