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Read through the most famous quotes from Rumi
Don't try to steer the boat. Don't open shop for yourself. Listen. Keep silent. You are not God's mouthpiece. Try to be an ear, And if you do speak, ask for explanations. ↗
Lovers find secret places inside this violent world where they make transactions with beauty. ↗
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You have forgotten the One who doesn't care about ownership, who doesn't try to turn a profit from every human exchange. ↗
Why am I seeking? I am the same as he. His essence speaks through me. I have been looking for myself ↗
The world's flattery and hypocrisy is a sweet morsel: eat less of it, for it is full of fire. Its fire is hidden while its taste is manifest, but its smoke becomes visible in the end. ↗
Baha' ud-Din became the head of a madrassa (religious school) and when he died Rumi aged twenty-five inherited his position as the Islamic molvi. This meeting had a deep impact on the eighteen-year-old Rumi and later on became the inspiration for his works. The most complete genealogy offered for the family stretches back to six or seven generations to famous Hanafi Jurists.
g. His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. Pashto Ottoman Turkish Chagatai and Sindhi.
