Rumi
Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, commonly known as Rumi, was a Sufi mystic, poet, and founder of the Islamic brotherhood known as the Mevlevi Order. His family hailed from Balkh. Rumi is an influential figure in Sufism, and his thought and works loom large both in Persian literature and mystic poetry in general. Today, his translated works are enjoyed all over the world.
WikipediaRumi Quotes (13)
"Forget safety. Live where you fear to live."
View quote details →"Life is a balance of holding on and letting go."
View quote details →"Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?"
View quote details →"When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray."
View quote details →"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."
View quote details →"Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love."
View quote details →"Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths."
View quote details →"If I love myself I love you. If I love you I love myself."
View quote details →"Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder."
View quote details →"It's your road, and yours alone, others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you."
View quote details →"Take time like the river that never grows stale. Keep going and steady. No hurry, no rush."
View quote details →"You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens."
View quote details →"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."
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