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About Jalaluddin Rumi

Jalaluddin Rumi was a medieval sufi mystic and poet. Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, commonly known as Rumi, was a Sufi mystic, poet, and founder of the Islamic brotherhood known as the Mevlevi Order. Rumi is an influential figure in Sufism, and his thought and works loom large both in Persian literature and mystic poetry in general. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Soul — The inner self, consciousness, and spiritual essence

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“Peaceful is the one who's not concerned with having more or less.Unbound by name and fame, he is free from sorrow from the world and mostly from himself.”
— Jalaluddin Rumi
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“When I am with you, we stay up all night.When you're not here, I can't go to sleep.Praise God for those two insomnias!And the difference between them.”
— Jalaluddin Rumi
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“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.”
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“Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.”
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“Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.The wound is the place where the Light enters you.Dont grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
— Jalaluddin Rumi
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“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.”
— Jalaluddin Rumi
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