“Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside of you.” — Rumi A few months back, I got an apricot mini poodle. When meeting him for the first time, I gazed into his eyes and sensed a deep wisdom ...

Jalāl ud-Dīn Rūmī — one of the most sublime poets in world literature — lived in Konya, in what is now central Turkey, in the 13th century CE. Many Americans who recognize his name became familiar ...

Though his English-only translations of the Sufi poet Jelaluddin Rumi (1207–1273) have sold hundreds of thousands of copies, Barks is anything but celebratory in his preface to this new collection: "I ...

India publishes poetry in more than 24 recognised languages every single year. The Sahitya Akademi, the country's national academy of letters, gives out annual awards for poetry in languages ranging ...

Renowned Persian poet Rumi, a 13th-century mystic, reminds us that beauty surrounds us, often unnoticed until we cultivate ...

Some quotes seem to stay alive long after the people who wrote them are gone. They travel across countries, languages and generations without losing much of their emotional weight. That is probably ...