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When water is still like a mirror it can behold the Moon.
Rumi
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Rumi
Born: 1207
Born: September 30
Islamic Scholar
Literary
Mystic
Philosopher
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Writer
Umm Al-Belaad
Jalālauddīna Rūmī
Ǧalāladdīn Rūmī
Dzhalaliddin Rumi
Jalaluʼddin Rumi
Gialâl ad-Dîn Rûmî
Jalálu-ʼd-ʼDín Muhammad i Rúmí
Dzhaloluddin Rumi
Celâleddin Rûmî
Ŷalāl al-Dīn Rūmī
Jalāluddīn Balkhī Rumī
Jolalud-Din Rumi
Zhaloliddin Rumiĭ
Jalaladdin Rumi
Dschelal-Eddin Rumi
Jalāluddīn Muḥammad Balkhī Rūmī
Rum
Jalāl ad-Dīn ar-Rūmī
Dschalaludd
Mirrors
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God.
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Since in order to speak, one must first listen, learn to speak by listening.
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Know mankind well, don't degrade every man as evil, and don't exalt every man thinking he is good. He who cannot discover himself cannot discover the world.
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Body is not veiled from soul, neither soul from body, Yet no man hath ever seen a soul.
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Happy is the moment we sit together, with two forms, with two faces, yet one soul. You and I.
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Last night my teacher taught me the lesson of Poverty: Having nothing and wanting nothing.
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You think because you understand 'one' you must also understand 'two', because one and one make two. But you must also understand 'and'.
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If you wish to shine like day, burn up the night of self-existence. Dissolve in the Being who is everything.
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You run back and forth listening for unusual events, peering into the faces of travelers. Why are you looking at me like a madman? I have lost a friend. Please forgive me.
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