Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Rumi Quotes: Trade your cleverness for bewilderment.
         

Trade your cleverness for bewilderment.


Rumi
Check all other quotes by Rumi

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Rumi Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Trade-your-cleverness-for-bewilderment-1028836>.





Check out


Other quotes of Rumi


Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.



Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love

Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love



I LOVE my friends neither with my heart nor with my mind. Just in case... HEART might stop. MIND can forget. I Love them with my Soul. SOUL never stops or forgets.

I LOVE my friends neither with my heart nor with my mind. Just in case... HEART might stop. MIND can forget. I Love them with my Soul. SOUL never stops or forgets.



Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that God has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him.

Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that God has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him.


god


Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every heart.

Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every heart.



Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.



When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray.

When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray.



Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.



It's your road & yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you

It's your road & yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you



Last night I begged the Wise One to tell me the secret of the world. Gently, gently, he whispered, "Be quiet, the secret cannot be spoken, It is wrapped in silence."

Last night I begged the Wise One to tell me the secret of the world. Gently, gently, he whispered, "Be quiet, the secret cannot be spoken, It is wrapped in silence."





Other quotes you may like


I always wanted what Mom and Dad had.

I always wanted what Mom and Dad had.



I see myself continuing to be a songwriter and a motivator and someone that has grown in her faith.

I see myself continuing to be a songwriter and a motivator and someone that has grown in her faith.



I thought I was making fifty dollars a week [at MGM], but it turned out to be $35 because twelve weeks of the year you were on layoff. It was white slavery, and it lasted for seventeen years.

I thought I was making fifty dollars a week [at MGM], but it turned out to be $35 because twelve weeks of the year you were on layoff. It was white slavery, and it lasted for seventeen years.



My real father was a portrait painter. I went to a lot of auctions as a kid and galleries.

My real father was a portrait painter. I went to a lot of auctions as a kid and galleries.



I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offense. ... Everyone who contributes to the 'too much' of literature is doing grave social injury.

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offense. ... Everyone who contributes to the 'too much' of literature is doing grave social injury.



The history of Canada has been profoundly influenced by the habits of an animal which very fittingly occupies a prominent place on her coat of arms.

The history of Canada has been profoundly influenced by the habits of an animal which very fittingly occupies a prominent place on her coat of arms.



I miss her, but I don't want to see her.

I miss her, but I don't want to see her.



Sometimes incompetence is useful. It helps you keep an open mind.

Sometimes incompetence is useful. It helps you keep an open mind.



After I finish PO5, I would like to get a dog. I want to be able to spend more time with my pet, and I don't have the time right now.

After I finish PO5, I would like to get a dog. I want to be able to spend more time with my pet, and I don't have the time right now.



Rather than Barack Obama borrowing from Mitt Romney, both Romney and Obama borrowed from Richard Nixon.

Rather than Barack Obama borrowing from Mitt Romney, both Romney and Obama borrowed from Richard Nixon.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Trade your cleverness for bewilderment.". Author of this quote is Rumi. This quote is about bewilderment, trade, cleverness,.