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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"Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full."

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"Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?"

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"Water in the boat is the ruin of the boat, but water under the boat is its support."

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"God looks not at your form, nor at your deeds, but at your Heart."

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"The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh."

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"The ground's generosity takes in our compost and grows beauty! Try to be more like the ground."

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"When I am with you, we stay up all night. When you're not here, I can't go to sleep. Praise God for those two insomnias! And the difference between them."

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"Keep walking, though there's no place to get to. Don't try to see through the distances. That's not for human beings. Move within, But don't move the way fear makes you move."

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"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."

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"If the house of the world is dark, Love will find a way to create windows."

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"Love is the energizing elixir of the Universe, the cause and effect of all Harmony."

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"All your anxiety is because of your desire for harmony. Seek disharmony, then you will gain peace."

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"In order to understand the dance one must be still. And in order to truly understand stillness one must dance."

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"Every midwife knows that not until a mother’s womb softens from the pain of labor will a way unfold and the infant find that opening to be born. Oh friend! There is treasure in your heart, it is heavy with child. Listen. All the awakened ones, like trusted midwives are saying, 'welcome this pain. It opens the dark passage of Grace."

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"This is how it always is when I finish a poem. A great silence overcomes me and I wonder why I ever thought to use language."

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