Jalâl ad-Dîn Rûmî

 

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

 

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A lover is always accused of something.
But when he finds his love, whatever was lost
in the looking comes back completely changed.”

 

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“Two there are who are never satisfied -- the lover of the world and the lover of knowledge.”

 

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“Remember. The way you make love is the way God will be with you.”