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 mirror of the heart must be clear, so you can discern the ugly from the beautiful."

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"When you're traveling, ask the traveler for advice / not someone whose lameness keeps him in one place."

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"Tomorrow you'll be brave, you say? Fool! Dive today."

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"Then outwardly you are the small universe! Then inwardly you are the great universe."

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"You try to be faithful And sometimes you're cruel. You are mine. Then, you leave. Without you, I can't cope. And when you take the lead, I become your footstep. Your absence leaves a void. Without you, I can't cope. You have disturbed my sleep, You have wrecked my image. You have set me apart. Without you, I can't cope."

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"Love is that flame that once kindled burns everything, and only the mystery and the journey remain."

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"When your love contracts in anger, the atmosphere itself feels threatening. But when you’re expansive, no matter what the weather, you’re in an open, windy field with friends."

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"All your restlessness is out of your desire for stillness Just desire restlessly, then, love will fill and still you. All your unhealthiness is out of your desire for health, Just abandon health, then, even poison will heal you."

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"You transform all who are touched by you. Mundane concerns, troubles, and sorrows dissolve in your presence, bringing JOY."

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"To live without you is to be robbed of love and what is life without it? To live without you is death to me, my love but some call it life."

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"Every prophet and every saint has a way, But all lead to God. All ways are really one."

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"Keep silence, be mute. If you have not yet become the tongue of GOD, be an ear!"

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"Fling me across the fabric of time and the seas of space. Make me nothing and from nothing-everything."

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"Have you ever gotten breathless before from a beautiful face, for i see you there, my dear."

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"I am not from east or west not up from the ground or out of the ocean my place is placeless a trace of the traceless I belong to the beloved"

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"People are distracted by objects of desire, and afterward repent of the lust they've indulged, because they have indulged with a phantom and are left even farther from Reality than before."

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"As long as an angel is not annihilated, it is a devil."

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"Lovers move like lightning and wind. No contest. Theologians mumble, rumble-dumble, necessity and free will, while lover and beloved pull themselves into each other."

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"The branch might seem like the fruit's origin: In fact, the branch exist because of the fruit."

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