Rumi quotes with context
Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 to 1273) was a Persian-language poet and Sufi scholar. He lived and taught for most of his life in Konya in Anatolia, and his major work is the Masnavi. Many Rumi quotes online go back to very free English renderings.
12 quotes by Rumi
Mindfulness 6
The heart that is fully present needs no yesterday.
What you love deserves your whole heart.
The heart knows the way. Follow it.
The heart sees what the eye misses.
Thoughts are like guests. Welcome them warmly, but don't let them move in.
What you love is closer to you than you think.
Gratitude 6
Whoever appreciates the light has not forgotten the darkness.
Light would not be beautiful if there were no darkness.
The heart that opens finds beauty everywhere.
The heart that doesn't close always finds room for more.
The river doesn't appreciate the sea until it disappears into it.
Light has never loved anyone more than the one who knows darkness.
One thought a day.
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