The way of love is not a subtle argument. The door there i… - Rumi

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The way of love is not
a subtle argument.

The door there
is devastation.

Birds make great sky-circles
of their freedom.
How do they learn it?

They fall, and falling,
they're given wings.

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Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi (جلال‌الدین محمد رومی) Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi (جلال‌الدین محمد بلخى)‎ (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273) was an Afghan philosopher, theologian, poet, teacher, and founder of the Mevlevi (or Mawlawi) order of Sufism; also known as Mevlana (Our Guide), Jalaluddin Rumi, or simply Rumi.

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Native Name: جلال‌الدین مُحمَّد بلخی

Alternative Names: Jalāluddīn Balkhī Rumī • Jalaladdin Rumi • Jalāluddīn Muḥammad Balkhī Rūmī • Jalāl ad-Dīn ar-Rūmī • Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Balkhī • Jalāladdīn Rūmī • Rūmī • Jalal-e Din Rumi • Jallal ed-Din Muhammad Balkhy • Mawlana Rumi • Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī • Jelaluddin Rumi • Mowlana • Mawlana • Maulana • Mevlevi • Mawlawi • Mevlana • Jalaluddin Rumi • Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi • Jalāl-ad-dīn Rūmī

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Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom.
How do they learn it?
They fall and falling,
they're given wings.

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When someone is counting out gold for you, don't look at your hands, or the gold. Look at the giver.

يطير طائر سموي نحو الجهة الا خرى من العالم
في اتجاه اللا اتجاه يطير
من بيضة السيمورغ كان مولده
فالى أين يطير فل لي ان لم يكن نحو السيمورغ

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The way of love is not a subtle argument. The door there is devastation. Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They… - Rumi

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