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
The body is a device to calculate the astronomy of the spirit. Look through that astrolabe and become oceanic.
Wisdom tells us we are not worthy; Love tells us we are. My life flows between the two.
Be watchful - the grace of God appears suddenly. It comes without warning to an open heart.
What will our children do in the morning if they do not see us fly?
I want a trouble-maker for a lover, Blood spiller, blood drinker, a heart of flame, Who quarrels with the sky and fights with fate, Who burns like fire on the rushing sea.
The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires.
It is Love that holds everything together, and it is the everything also.
The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on earth.
The wealth within you, your essence, is your kingdom.
There is a window from one heart to another heart.
I was you and never knew it.
Embark on the journey of LOVE. It takes you from yourself to yourself.
World power means nothing. Only the unsayable, jeweled inner life matters.
I will find new meaning in every joy and sorrow.