“Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?”

— Rumi · Courage quote

Poet and mystic · 1207 – 1273

13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic whose Masnavi is among the most influential works of Islamic literature.

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Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

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