About Rumi
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.
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“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.”
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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
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“Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.”
“For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing.”
“It was subtle of God to learn Greek when he wished to become an author—and not to learn it better.”