Rumi
Rumi
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī, Mawlānā/Mevlânâ, Mevlevî/Mawlawī, and more popularly simply as Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, and the Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries. His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 September 1207
Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, But love unexplained is clearer.
I am merely a guest, born in this world to know the secrets that lie beyond it.
Hold on to the reins of Love and don’t be afraid. Hold on to the real behind the false and don’t be afraid.
You don't see your own face, your own beauty Yet, no face is more beautiful than yours.......... .
Love cannot be learned or taught. Love comes as Grace.
The rose does best as a rose. Lilies make the best lilies. And look! You - the best you around!
If you look too closely at the form, you miss the Essence.
Actually, your soul and mine are the same. We appear and disappear with each other.
I am dying into your mystery, and dying, I am now no other than that mystery. I open to your majesty as an orchard welcomes rain, and twenty times that.
This phantom world gave you false signs But you turned from the illusion and journeyed to the land of truth.
There is a force within that gives you life. Seek that.
Do you hear what the music is saying? 'Come follow me and you will find the way. Your mistakes can also lead you to the truth. When you ask, the answer will be given.'
I will conquer the whole world and fill it with myself
Peace is wonderful, but / ecstatic dance is more fun / and less narcissistic