The ecstatic poems of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Persian poet and Sufi master born in 1207, have sold millions of copies in recent years, making him the most popular poet in the US. Globally, his fans are legion
Motivation quotes from Rumi at simply.do:
In each moment the fire rages, it will burn away...
Be full of sorrow, that you may become hill of...
The very center of your heart is where life begins...
Don’t you know yet? It is your light that lights...
Love is the bridge between you and everything....
It’s your road, and yours alone, others may walk it...
Why do you stay in prison when the door is...
What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle....
The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself;...
This is a subtle truth. Whatever you love you are....
These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them....
Let the lover be disgraceful, crazy, absentminded. Someone sober will...
Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find...
Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form...
Take someone who doesn’t keep score, who’s not looking to...
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the...
When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in...
You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through...
Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor....
Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being...
I am not this hair, I am not this skin,...
Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows...
There is a candle in your heart, ready to be...
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes....
Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your...
I know you’re tired but come, this is the way....
The wound is the place where the light enters you....
Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love....
Reason is powerless in the expression of love....
You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens....