Quotes Compiled - Rumi


"Having the idea is not living the reality."
-- Rumi


"When setting out on a journey, do not seek advice from those who have never left home."
~~ Rumi


"Bring anger and pride under your feet, turn them into a ladder and climb higher."
~~ Rumi


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"Water in the boat is the ruin of the boat, but water under the boat is its support."
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"Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet. Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turkics, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian and the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent, 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 various formats, described as the "most popular poet" and the "best selling poet" in the United States. 
His Masnavi, composed in Konya, is considered one of the greatest poems of the Persian language, like most of his work, but occasionally he also used Turkish, Arabic, and Greek in his verse. 
Rumi was also famous Sufi mystic, Hanafi faqih, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian..."

Born: 30 September 1207, Balkh (present-day Afghanistan), or Wakhsh (present-day Tajikistan), Khwarezmian Empire
Died: 17 December 1273 (aged 66), Konya (present-day Turkey), Sultanate of Rum
Resting place: Tomb of Mevlana Rumi, Mevlana Museum, Konya, Turkey
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The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevl�na Jal�luddin Rumi (ed. Shambhala Publications, 2005) - ISBN: 9781590302514


"Life is a balance of holding on and letting go."
~~ Rumi


"Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots."
-- Rumi 


"Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots."
~~ Rumi


"The art of  knowing is knowing what to ignore."
/ Rumi /


"As you start to walk on the way, the way appears."
~~ Rumi


"If everything around you seems dark, look again, you may be the light."
~~ Rumi


"There is a voice that doesn't use words. Listen."
/ Rumi /


"Recognise that unlearning is the highest form of learning."
~~ Rumi


"A candle loses none of its light by lighting another candle."
~~ Rumi


"Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder."
~~ Rumi


"As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears."
~~ Rumi


"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep."
~~ Rumi