Rumi
Poet
1207-09-30 – 1273-12-17
Rumi was a 13th-century Persian Sufi poet and scholar, widely known for works such as the Masnavi and the Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi. His poetry has had lasting influence across Persian literature and global spiritual writing.
Quotes by Rumi
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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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Half of life is lost in charming others.The other half is lost in going through anxieties caused by others.Leave this play. You have played enough.
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Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.The wound is the place where the Light enters you.
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Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.The wound is the place where the Light enters you.
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Half of life is lost in charming others.The other half is lost in going through anxieties caused by others.Leave this play. You have played enough.
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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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Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.
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I have seen the king with a face of Glory, He who is the eye and the sun of heaven, He who is the companion and healer of all beings, He who is the soul and the universe that births souls.
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The gifts of lovers to one another are, in respect to love, nothing but forms; yet, they testify to invisible love.
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Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom.
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That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquillity.
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There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger.
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Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom.
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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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The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.
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You know the value of every article of merchandise, but if you don't know the value of your own soul, it's all foolishness.
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May these vows and this marriage be blessed.
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Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.
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Sunlight fell upon the wall; the wall received a borrowed splendor. Why set your heart on a piece of earth, O simple one? Seek out the source which shines forever.
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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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