Rumi Quotes on Time
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 time, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Rumi:
“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
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“Our celestial spirit is free to eternity, Although for a short time we are imprisoned in forms of flesh.”
A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations(1911) | p. 31, Diwan-i-Shams-i-Tabriz -
“Ah! O crow, give up this life and live anew! In view of God’s changes cast away your life! Choose the new, give up the old, For each single present year is better than three past.”
A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations(1911) | p. 122 (Whinfield) -
“Jesus , thy spirit, is present beside thee, Ask aid of Him for He is a sufficient helper.”
A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations(1911) | p. 135