Rumi Quotes on Nature
Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi was a thirteenth-century Persian poet, jurist, and Sufi mystic, born in what is now Afghanistan and settling at Konya in Anatolia. This page collects quotes attributed to Rumi on the topic of nature, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Rumi:
“Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead, let life live through you.”
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“Seek truth from thought, not in mouldy books. Look in the sky to find the moon, not in the pool.”
Pebbles, Pearls and Gems of the Orient(1882) | "Knowledge and Wisdom", no. 121 -
“Jesus, son of Mary, went to heaven and his ass remained below, I remain on the earth but my spirit has flown to the sky.”
A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations(1911) | p. 135, Diwan-i-Shams-i-Tabriz (Nicholson) -
“O heart! weak follower of the weak, That thou shouldst traverse land and sea, In this far place that God to seek Who long ago had come to thee!”
Pebbles, Pearls and Gems of the Orient(1882) | "Presence", no. 519 (Alger. Words ascribed to Rabia) -
“We used to be on the earth, ignorant of the earth, Ignorant of the treasure buried within it.”
A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations(1911) | p. 39 (Whinfield)