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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"Wings of Love long only to fly away from all directions."

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"If you don't try to fly and so break yourself apart, you will be broken open by death, when it's too late for all you could become."

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"Your kindness cannot be said. You open doors in the sky. You ease the heart and make God's qualities visible."

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"Be full of sorrow, that you may become hill of joy; weep, that you may break into laughter."

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"My religion is to be alive from LOVE."

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"My heart rushes into the garden, joyfully tasting all the delights. But reason frowns, disapproving of the heart's bad manners."

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"I am so happy, I cannot be contained in the world; But like a spirit, I am hidden from the eyes of the world."

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"When water gets caught in habitual whirlpools, dig a way out through the bottom of the ocean."

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"Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it. RUMI, attributed, Conquest of Abundance: A Tale of Abstraction Versus the Richness of Being Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form."

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"Spirit, find your way, in seeking lowness like a stream."

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"I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens."

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"In the Friend-place nothing true can be said. Let Me Just Be Here."

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"The work of magic is this, that it breathes and at every breath transforms realities."

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"My longing for you keeps me in this moment My passion gives me courage"

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"Very high, very grand, and very wise is the ocean of God, the Water of Life. You went after the form and were lead astray. How can you see it? You abandoned the truth. Sometimes it is named "tree," sometimes "sun," sometimes "ocean," sometimes "cloud," one thing from which scores of discoveries arise, its slightest definition an everlasting life."

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"Any wine will get you high. Judge like a king, and choose the purest, the ones unadulterated with fear, or some urgency about "what's needed.""

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"Soul of all souls, life of all life - you are That. Seen and unseen, moving and unmoving - you are That. The road that leads to the City is endless; Go without head and feet and you'll already be there. What else could you be? - you are That."

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