Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic.
Rumi's influence transcends national...
Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. Rumi
Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.
What you seek is seeking you. Rumi
What you seek is seeking you.
My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there. Rumi
My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. Rumi
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. Rumi
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. Rumi
When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.
Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. Rumi
Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.
The wound is the place where the Light enters you. Rumi
The wound is the place where the Light enters you.
Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. Rumi
Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.