Wherever there is pain, the remedy goes there.

What it means

Help flows downhill toward need, the way water finds the low places. Your hurt is not a dead end; it is where healing is headed. Do not hide the wound from the cure.

The source

"Wherever there is pain, the remedy goes there." Rumi said it in Masnavi II, Whatever God gave He created for a need. Translated by E. H. Whinfield, 1898.

"Wherever there is a pain there goes the remedy, Wherever there is poverty there goes relief."

E. H. Whinfield, 1898, Masnavi II, Whatever God gave He created for a need. Text read at archive.org.

Who said it

Rumi (1207–1273). Persian poet and Sufi teacher, born near Balkh and settled in Konya. His Masnavi, six books of rhyming couplets, opens with the song of a reed flute.

Questions

What does "Wherever there is pain, the remedy goes there." mean?

Help flows downhill toward need, the way water finds the low places. Your hurt is not a dead end; it is where healing is headed. Do not hide the wound from the cure.

Who said "Wherever there is pain, the remedy goes there."?

Rumi (1207–1273). Source: Masnavi II, Whatever God gave He created for a need.

What is the original wording?

Wherever there is a pain there goes the remedy, Wherever there is poverty there goes relief (E. H. Whinfield, 1898). Translated by E. H. Whinfield, 1898.

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