Skip to content

Share this quote

Download

An inspiring quote curated by QuickQuoteMaker.

Rumi, the thirteenth-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic, writes from a tradition in which the search for the divine is understood as mutual. The seeker is never the only active party.

Stripped of its theology, the line addresses a familiar experience: pursuits undertaken with genuine commitment tend to start meeting you halfway. Opportunities, people and material begin appearing not by coincidence but because sustained attention changes what you are able to notice and who is able to find you.

Related quotes