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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"Let the beauty we love do what we do."

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"To Love is to be God. Never will a Lover's chest feel any sorrow. Never will a Lover's robe be touched by mortals. Never will a Lover's body be found buried in the earth. To Love is to be God."

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"For without you, I swear, the town Has become like a prison to me. Distraction and the mountain And the desert, all I desire."

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"Like the birds of the sea, men come from the ocean-the ocean of the soul. How could this bird, born from that sea, make his dwelling here?"

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"If you have no eyes, do not walk blindly; take a staff in your hand. If you have no staff of insight, do not walk without a guide."

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"They are the privileged lovers who create a new world with their eyes of fiery passion."

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"You have been hiding so long aimlessly drifting in the sea of my love Even so You have always been connected to me Connected, revealed in the known in the unmanifest I am life itself"

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"Since Love has made ruins of my heart The sun must come and illumine them. Such generosity has broken me with shame."

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"For the thirst to possess your love, Is worth my blood a hundred times."

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"Someone who goes with a half a loaf of bread to a small place that fits like a nest around him, someone who wants no more, who is not himself longed for by anyone else. He is a letter to everyone. You open it. It says, Live."

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"Faith in the king comes easily in lovely times, but be faithful now and endure, pale lover."

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"Each and every part of the world is a snare for the fool and a means of deliverance for the wise."

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"We alchemists look for talent that can heat up and change. Lukewarm won't do. Halfhearted holding back, well-enough getting by? Not here."

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"Throw off your tiredness. Let me show you one tiny spot of the beauty that can't be spoken."

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"Water, stories, the body, all the things we do, are mediums that hid and show what's hidden."

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"Oh lovers, where are you going? Who are you looking for? Your beloved is right here."

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"This is how I would die into the love I have for you: As pieces of cloud dissolve in sunlight."

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"And patience flees my heart, And reason flees my mind. Oh, how drunk can I get to be, Without your love's security?"

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