Rumi Quotes About Intelligence

• He whose intellect overcomes his lust is higher than the angels; he whose lust overcomes his intelligence is less than an animal.

  Rumi

  Angel, Animal, Lust

  Jelaluddin Rumi (2005). “The Rumi Collection”, p.16, Shambhala Publications

• We can't help being thirsty, moving toward the voice of water. Milk drinkers draw close to the mother. Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, shamans, everyone hears the intelligent sound and moves with thirst to meet it.

  Rumi

  Christian, Mother, Buddhist

• Consider how wool is turned into an elegantly designed carpet by coming into contact with an intelligent person.

  Rumi

  Intelligent, Intelligence, Wool

  Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), Jelaluddin Rumi, Kabir Helminski, Andrew Harvey (2005). “The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi”, p.148, Shambhala Publications

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