“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.”
Rumi Quotes
1207 – 1273
13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi mystic. His poetry, filled with themes of love, loss, and spiritual longing, continues to be widely read across cultures.
25 quotesAbout Rumi on Wikipedia
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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
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“Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth.”
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“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”
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“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love.”
“The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize.”
“If you dig a pit for others to fall into, you will fall into it yourself.”
“Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader, are your own nature reflected in them.”
“Were there no men of vision, all who are blind would be dead.”
“If you are wholly perplexed and in straits, have patience, for patience is the key to joy.”
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
“There is no worse sickness for the soul, O you who are proud, than this pretense of perfection.”
“Whoever enters the Way without a guide will take a hundred years to travel a two-day journey.”
