Rumi, an Islamic scholar from Greater Iran and a well-known poet and Sufi mystic, influenced literature across the world. Here are some quotes by him that will inspire you to live with purpose:
“Achieve some perfection yourself, so that you may not fall into sorrow by seeing the perfection in others.”
“It’s your road, and yours alone, others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.”
“Let yourself become living poetry.”
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”
“Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being.”