Dschalal ad-Din al-Rumi Berühmte Zitate
Diwan-e-Schams, Nr.:1759, zitiert von Frithjof Schuon in "Den Islam verstehen"
Persisch: "بحر من غرقه گشت هم در خویش// بوالعجب بحر بیکران که منم"
Dschalâl-ed-dîn Rumî, auch Mevlana Dschelaluddin Rumi.
„Am Ende ist ein Mensch alles müde, nur des Herzens Verlangen und der Seele Wanderung nicht.“
Zitiert von Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee in "Transformation des Herzens"
„Zeige dich, wie du bist, oder sei, wie du dich zeigst.“
Dschalâl-ed-dîn Rumî, auch Mevlana Dschelaluddin Rumi. Quelle : Inschrift am Mevlana-Museum in Kappadokien.
Zitate über die Zeit von Dschalal ad-Din al-Rumi
„Als es an der Zeit war über Liebe zu schreiben, brach die Feder entzwei, und das Papier riß.“
Zitiert von Bayat/Jamnia in "Geschichten aus dem Land der Sufis"
Persisch: " چون قلم اندر نوشتن می شتافت//چون به عشق آمد قلم برخود شکافت//چون سخن در وصف این حالت رسید// هم قلم بشکست و هم کاغذ درید "
Dschalâl-ed-dîn Rumî (aus dem Masnawi), zitiert aus: Mystische Zeugnisse aller Zeiten und Völker (Hrsg. Peter Sloterdijk), gesammelt von Martin Buber, orig. erschienen 1909 unter dem Titel Ekstatische Konfessionen, Diederichs Gelbe Reihe, München 1993, ISBN 3-424-01156-8, S. 96
Dschalâl-ed-dîn Rumî (aus dem Masnawi), zitiert aus: Mystische Zeugnisse aller Zeiten und Völker (Hrsg. Peter Sloterdijk), gesammelt von Martin Buber, orig. erschienen 1909 unter dem Titel Ekstatische Konfessionen, Diederichs Gelbe Reihe, München 1993, ISBN 3-424-01156-8, S. 95
„Sufismus ist Freude finden im Herzen, wenn die Zeit des Kummers kommt.“
Zitiert von Annemarie Schimmel in "Mystische Dimensionen des Islam"
Dschalal ad-Din al-Rumi Zitate und Sprüche
Zitiert von Frithjof Schuon in "Den Islam verstehen"
Zitiert von Abd al-Qadir as-Sufi in "Was ist Sufismus?"
Persisch: "اين جهان كوه است و فعل ما ندا// باز گردد اين نداها را صدا"
Quelle: Dschalâl-ed-dîn Rumî (aus dem Masnawi), zitiert aus: Mystische Zeugnisse aller Zeiten und Völker (Hrsg. Peter Sloterdijk), gesammelt von Martin Buber, orig. erschienen 1909 unter dem Titel Ekstatische Konfessionen, Diederichs Gelbe Reihe, München 1993, ISBN 3-424-01156-8, S. 96
„Jenseits von richtig und falsch liegt ein Ort. Dort treffen wir uns.“
Dschalâl-ed-dîn Rumî, zitiert aus: Gewaltfreie Kommunikation, Marshall B. Rosenberg, Paderborn 2003, ISBN 3-87387-454-7, S. 31
„Was zu der Liebe Preis ich je ersann, // verstummte, als die Liebe selbst begann.“
Dschalâl-ed-dîn Rumî, auch Mevlana Dschelaluddin Rumi.
Dschalal ad-Din al-Rumi: Zitate auf Englisch
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”
As quoted in Path for Greatness : Spiritualty at Work (2000) by Linda J. Ferguson, p. 51
“I always thought that
I was me — but no,
I was you
and never knew it.”
Hush Don't Say Anything to God (1999)
Quelle: Anonymous reader point out that quote appears on internet from 2015. Rumi, having died in the 1200s, when the first mention of this quote was around 2015.
“Silence
is an ocean. Speech is a river.”
"The Three Fish" Ch. 18 : The Three Fish, p. 196
Variant translations or adaptations:
Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.
As quoted in Teachers of Wisdom (2010) by Igor Kononenko, p. 134
Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.
As quoted in "Rumi’s wisdom" (2 October 2015) http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2015/10/02/character-of-the-week-rumi/, by Paulo Coelho
The Essential Rumi (1995)
Kontext: Silence
is an ocean. Speech is a river.When the ocean is searching for you, don't walk
into the language-river. Listen to the ocean,
and bring your talky business to an end Traditional words are just babbling
in that presence, and babbling is a substitute
for sight.
“The branch might seem like the fruit's origin:
In fact, the branch exist because of the fruit.”
Mathnawi
Teachings of Rumi (1999)
“There is no reality but God,
says the completely surrendered sheik, who is an ocean for all beings.”
"The Grasses" in Ch. 4 : Spring Giddiness, p. 44
Disputed, The Essential Rumi (1995)
“You knock at the door of Reality. You shake your thought wings, loosen your shoulders, and open.”
"The Gift of Water" Ch. 18 : The Three Fish, p. 200
The Essential Rumi (1995)
“Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul?
I cannot stop asking.”
"Who says words with my mouth?" in Ch. 1 : The Tavern, p. 2
The Essential Rumi (1995)
Kontext: Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul?
I cannot stop asking.
If I could taste one sip of an answer,
I could break out of this prison for drunks.
I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way.
Whoever brought me here, will have to take me home.
“This is how Hallaj said, I am God,
and told the truth!”
As quoted in Head and Heart : A Personal Exploration of Science and the Sacred (2002) by Victor Mansfield
Kontext: He says, "There’s nothing left of me.
I’m like a ruby held up to the sunrise.
Is it still a stone, or a world
made of redness? It has no resistance
to sunlight." This is how Hallaj said, I am God,
and told the truth!The ruby and the sunrise are one. Be courageous and discipline yourself.
Completely become hearing and ear, and wear this sun-ruby as an earring.
“The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize.”
As quoted in Rumi Wisdom: Daily Teachings from the Great Sufi Master (2000) by Timothy Freke
Variante: The fault is in the blamer — Spirit sees nothing to criticize.
“The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you.”
Appears in Rewards of Passion (Sheer Poetry) (1981), "The Beauty"
Also attributed to Rumi (persian mystic and poet).
Rewards of Passion (Sheer Poetry) (1981)
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I will meet you there.”
"The Great Wagon" Ch. 4 : Spring Giddiness, p. 36
Variant translations:
Between wrongness and rightness there is a field. I will meet you there.
As quoted in Counselling Psychology : Integration of Theory, Research and Supervised Practice (1998) by Petruska Clarkson
Out beyond the world of ideas of wrong doing and right doing, there is a field. I will meet you there.
As quoted in Lightning in a Bottle : Proven Lessons for Leading Change (2000) by David H. Baum
Out beyond ideas of right and wrong doing, there is a field. I will meet you there.
As quoted in Architects of Peace : Visions of Hope in Words and Images (2002) by Michael Collopy, p. 109
Out beyond ideas of rightdoing
and wrongdoing
There is a field.
I will meet you there.
Strategic Learning in a Knowledge Economy : Individual, Collective and Organizational Learning Processes (2000) by Robert L. Cross and Sam B. Israelit
The Essential Rumi (1995)
Kontext: Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I will meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about
language, ideas, even the phrase each other
doesn't make any sense.
“Good and bad are mixed. If you don't have both,
you don't belong with us.”
Quelle: The Essential Rumi (1995), Ch. 19 : Jesus Poems
Kontext: The cure for pain is in the pain.
Good and bad are mixed. If you don't have both,
you don't belong with us.
Frequently quoted on social media, but was not written by Rumi in Persian.
Misattributed
