Rumi

"We are born of love; love is our mother."

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"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."

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"This love is the rose that blooms forever."

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"For the rose, though its petals be torn asunder, still smiles on, and it is never cast down."

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"A rose’s rarest essence lives in the thorn."

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

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"The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are."

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"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do."

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"If you find me not within you, you will never find me. For I have been with you, from the beginning of me."

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"That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, he said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful."

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"Do thou smile like the rose at loss and gain; for the rose, though its petals be torn asunder, still smiles on, and it is never cast down."

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"Come out here where the roses have opened. Let soul and world meet."

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"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."

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"Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form."

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"The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you."

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"As you live deeper in the heart, the mirror gets clearer and cleaner."

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"Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor."

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"When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy."

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"Shine like the whole universe is yours."

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"The wound is the place where the light enters you."

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"Set your life on fire, and seek those who fan the flames."

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"Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths."

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"Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth."

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"And don’t think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It’s quiet, but the roots are down there riotous."

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"When setting out on a journey do not seek advice from someone who never left home."

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"When we practice loving-kindness and compassion, we are the first ones to profit."

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

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"We are born of love; Love is our mother."

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"Oh, bird of my soul, fly away now, For I possess a hundred fortified towers."

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"If you dwell on the past or future, you will miss the moment."

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"There is a morning inside you waiting to burst open into light."

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"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep."

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"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep."

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"Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life."

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"If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?"

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"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter.'"

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"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'Knock. And He’ll open the door.'"

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"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'Vanish. And He’ll make you shine like the sun.'"

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"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'Fall. And He’ll raise you to the heavens.'"

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"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'Become nothing. And He’ll turn you into everything.'"

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"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."

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"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."

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"You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop."

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"I am yours, don't give myself back to me."

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"The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along."

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"I have seen the king with a face of Glory, He who is the eye and the sun of heaven, He who is the companion and healer of all beings, He who is the soul and the universe that births souls."

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"Whoever & calm and sensible is insane."

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"In your light, I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems."

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"Life is a balance between holding on and letting go."

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"Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and wisdom."

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"Every morning is a new arrival."

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"Yesterday I was clever, so I changed the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."

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"Life is a balance of holding on and letting go."

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"You don’t live on earth, you are passing through."

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"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."

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"Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth."

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"It’s your road and yours alone, others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you."

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"Gratitude is the wine for the soul. Go on. Get drunk."

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"When you do things from your soul, You feel a river of joy within you."

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"Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking."

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"Let go of your worries and be completely clear-hearted, like the face of a mirror that contains no images."

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"Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth."

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"Love is the whole thing. We are only the pieces."

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"The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along."

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"Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free."

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"You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop."

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"Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free."

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"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all of the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."

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"When I die, I shall soar with angels, and when I die to the angels, what I shall become you cannot imagine."

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"Whatever happens, just keep smiling and lose yourself in love."

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"There is nothing outside of yourself. Look within. Everything you want is there. You are that."

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"There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don't you?"

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"The greatest strength lies in the gentleness and tenderness of our heart."

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"The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind I was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along."

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"Through Love all that is bitter will be sweet, Through Love all that is copper will be gold, Through Love all dregs will become wine, through Love all pain will turn to medicine."

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"Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you. Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. Set your life on fire."

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"Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love."

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"And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?"

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"If you become a helper of hearts, springs of wisdom will flow from your heart."

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"There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again."

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"If light is in your heart, you will find your way home."

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"“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”"

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"The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh."

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"The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along."

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"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and twice as beautiful as you’d ever imagined."

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"She remembered who she was and the game changed"

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"There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen."

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"Go find yourself first so you can also find me."

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

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"Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray."

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"Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form."

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"“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”"

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"Be grateful for your life, every detail of it, and your face will come to shine like a sun, and everyone who sees it will be made glad and peaceful."

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""Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life.""

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"You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?"

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"The moment you accept what troubles you’ve been given, the door will open."

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"What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle."

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"Darkness may hide the trees and the flowers from the eyes but it cannot hide love from the soul."

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"May this marriage be full of laughter, our every day in paradise."

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"Healing comes from letting there be room for all of ‘this’ to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy."

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"The morning breeze has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep."

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"Be like a tree. Let the dead leaves drop"

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

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"Love is a mirror, it reflects only your essence if you have the courage to look in its face."

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"You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the ocean in a drop."

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"Whatever purifies you is the right path."

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"People of the world don't look at themselves, and so they blame one another."

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"As you start to walk on the way, the way appears."

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"Respond to every call that excites your spirit."

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"Disappointment teaches us that life is full of surprises and unpredictability. Embrace the unknown, for it holds the potential for extraordinary experiences."

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"Your body is away from me, but there is a window open from my heart to yours."

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"What hurts you blesses you."

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"Every leaf that grows will tell you: what you sow will bear fruit, so if you have any sense my friend, don’t plant anything but Love."

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"Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?"

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"I am not this hair; I am not this skin; I am the soul that lives within."

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"Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd."

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"It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you."

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"As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears."

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"“When we practice loving-kindness and compassion, we are the first ones to profit.”"

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"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about."

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"Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion."

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"What you seek is seeking you."

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"The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart."

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

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"Only from the heart can you touch the sky."

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"Love is not an emotion, it is your very existence."

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"The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you"

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"Through love, thorns become roses."

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"Don’t be satisfied with stories. How things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth."

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"Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious."

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"You are not a drop in the ocean, you the entire ocean in a drop."

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"Maybe you are searching among the branches for what only appears in the roots."

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"We are one. Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself."

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"Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you."

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"There is a force within that gives you life. Seek that."

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"Why are you so enchanted by this world when a mine of gold lies within you?"

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"When I am with you, we stay up all night. When you're not here, I can't go to sleep. Praise God for those two insomnias! And the difference between them."

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"silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation."

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"In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art."

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"Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure."

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"I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think."

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"Your heart knows the way, run in that direction."

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"Giving thanks for abundance is greater than the abundance itself."

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"All doubt, despair and fear become insignificant once the intention of life becomes love."

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"Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal."

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"Love is the bridge between you and everything."

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"Know that one day, your pain will become your cure."

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"We are born of love: love is our mother."

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"You have within you more love than you could ever understand."

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"This is a subtle truth. Whatever you love you are."

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"You’ve seen my descent. Now watch my rising."

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"Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction."

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"Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?"

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

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"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there."

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"When you do things from the soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy."

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"At the center of your being, you have the answer. You know who you are, and you know what you want."

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"You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don’t. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly."

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""Love is the whole thing. We are only pieces.""

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"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there."

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"A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given you."

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"Lovely days don’t come to you, you should walk to them."

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"You were born with wings, don't crawl through life."

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"My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, And I intend to end up there."

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"It’s your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you."

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"If you find the mirror of the heart dull, the rust has not been cleared from its face."

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"Never lose hope, my heart, miracles dwell in the invisible."

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"Be kind to yourself, dear—to our innocent follies. Forget any sounds or touch you knew that did not help you dance. You will come to see that all evolves us."

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"Grief is the garden of compassion."

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"Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. For those who love with heart and soul, there is no separation."

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"Your journey is yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you."

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"The moment I first heard love I gave up my soul, my heart, and my eyes."

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"Heartfelt love lasts silently through every storm."

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