Stay inspired with these timeless quotes by the famous poet. Even if you don't know much about Rumi, you've likely heard one of his many inspiring quotes. Rumi was the greatest Sufi mystic and ...

Hailing from 13th-century Persia, Rumi wrote some of the most moving and universal poems of all time. ... In a poem about life we’d all best remember, Rumi writes of a negative emotion: ...

Born on Sept. 30, 1207, in what is today the area of Balkh, Afghanistan, Rumi might have been a religious cleric all his life were it not for Shams of Tabriz, a wandering dervish whom Rumi met at ...

The nature of the intimate friendship between the two is much debated, but Shams, everyone agrees, had a lasting influence on Rumi’s religious practice and his poetry. In a new biography of Rumi ...

My father recited Rumi to me as I grew up. I finally chose to listen. By Melody Moezzi Ms. Moezzi is a writer and activist. Five years ago, in an act of creative desperation, I decided to immerse ...

Please join us for a celebration of Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, 13th century Persian poet, philosopher and Sufi mystic. Poetry, ...