Rumi
Here, the information that i took from the site of www.mevlana.net
Mevlana who is also known as Rumi, is a philosopher and mystic of Islam, but not a Muslim of the orthodox type. His doctrine advocates unlimited tolerance, positive reasoning, goodness, charity and awareness through love. To him and to his disciples all religions are more or less truth. Looking with the same eye on Muslim, Jew and Christian alike, his peaceful and tolerant teaching has appealed to men of all sects and creeds. Mevlana Rumi is generally known in the west simply by the epithet Rumi which means Anatolian or in the east he is known as Maulana Rumi. In Turkey, he is globally referred to as Mevlana in Turkish, it means 'Our Master'. His sayings makes him Master. Here some his sayings;
Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.
In silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and watch how the pattern improves.
Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged.
Shams
The information about Shams-e-Tabrizi taken from www.spiritualfoundation.net/sufisshaykhs3.htm
1248 was an Iranian Sufi mystic born in the city of Tabriz in Iranian Azerbaijan. He is responsible for initiating Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi(rah), usually known as Rumi in the West, into Islamic mysticism, and is immortalized by Rumi's poetry collection Diwan-e Shams-e Tabriz-i ("The Works of Shams of Tabriz")(raz). Hazrat Shams-e-Tabrizi(raz) lived together with Rumi in Koyna in present-day Turkey, for several years, and is also known to have travelled to Damascus in present-day Syria.
Some quotes of Shams
A good man complains of no one; he does not look to faults.
Joy is like pure clear water; wherever it flows, wondrous blossoms grow...Sorrow is like a black flood; wherever it flows it wilts the blossoms.
Blessing is excess, so to speak, an excess of everything. Don't be content with being a faqih (religious scholar), say I want more - more than being a Sufi (a mystic), more than being a mystic - more than each thing that comes before you.
