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
You must lance an ulcer to heal it. You must tear down parts of an old building to restore it, and so it is with a sensual life that has no spirit in it.
I don’t regret how much I love, and I avoid those who repent their passion.
The core of the seen and unseen universe smiles, but remember smiles come best from those who weep. Lightning, then the rain-laughter.
Love’s secret is always lifting its head out from under the covers, “Here I am!”
Fasting is the first principle of medicine; fast and see the strength of the spirit reveal itself.
A lover is always accused of something. But when he finds his love, whatever was lost in the looking comes back completely changed.
When you see the setting, wait for the rising. Why worry about a sunset or a fading moon?
Play the flute of felicity! You, yourself, are the melody.
God made the Illusion look Real and the Real an Illusion !
Look at these worlds spinning out of nothingness. That is within your power.
Whatever pearl you seek, look for the pearl within the pearl!
Most people guard against going into the fire, and so end up in it.
If you dig a pit for others to fall into, you will fall into it yourself.
If you have not learned to be a passionate lover, do not count your life as lived. On the day of reckoning, it will not be counted.