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
Disharmony prevails when you confuse Lust with LOVE, while the distance between the two is endless!
If my head holds one thought wise and clear, it's You. Poor as I am, what I hold dear is You. No matter how I see myself, I'm nothing ... Anything I am entirely is You!
There is something to be said for anyone who sits alone with dignity and silently begs for God.
Water in the boat is the ruin of the boat, but water under the boat is its support.
You are the Soul and the medicine for what wounds the Soul.
Throw off your tiredness. Let me show you one tiny spot of the beauty that can't be spoken.
We bury our seeds and wait, Winter blocks the road, Flowers are taken prisoner underground, But then green justice tenders a spear
When love is not accepted move on; when love is not appreciated walk away; hopefully time will teach what real, true love is.
I am pure light, not just a fistful of clay. The shell is not me, I came as the royal pearl within. Look at me not with outward eye but with inward vision of the heart; Follow me there and see how unencumbered we become.
The way to heaven is within. Shake the wings of love-when love's wings have become strong, there is no need to trouble about a ladder.
The satiated person and the hungry one do not see the same thing when they look upon a loaf of bread.
Fling me across the fabric of time and the seas of space. Make me nothing and from nothing-everything.
I've said before that every craftsman searches for what's not there to practice his craft.
Don't stray from your Heart's intent.