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Rumi Quotes on Truth

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 truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Rumi:

    “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.”

  • Attributed to Rumi:

    “What you seek is seeking you.”

  • Attributed to Rumi:

    “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”

  • Attributed to Rumi:

    “The lamps are different, but the Light is the same.”