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“Rumi is astounding, fertile, abundant, almost more an excitable library of poetry than a person.”

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Robert Bly, born on December 23, 1926, is a renowned American poet. His poetry is known for its profound emotion and rich imagination, which has had a profound impact on contemporary poetry. more

“What I deeply want... is for Rumi to become vitally present for readers, part of what John Keats called our soul-making, that process that is both collective and uniquely individual, that happens outside time and space and inside, that is the ocean we all inhabit and each singular droplet-self.”

Want Soul Self Happens Individual Process Space Reader Ocean Collectives Time And Space Droplets

Book:The Soul of Rumi: A New Collection of Ecstatic Poems

Source: The Soul of Rumi: A New Collection of Ecstatic Poems

“If Rumi is the most-read poet in America today, Coleman Barks is in good part responsible. His ear for the truly divine madness in Rumi’s poetry is really remarkable.”

Ifs Today America Divine Poet Ears Madness Responsible Remarkable Poetry Is Bark America Today

Author:Huston Smith

“To wash one's hair, make one's toilet, and put on scented robes; even if not a soul sees one, these preparations still produce an inner pleasure.”

Ifs Stills Soul Self Pleasure Produce Hair Preparation Toilets Robes

Book:The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon

Source: The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon

“A man is sometimes lost in a dust of his own raising.”

Men Self Sometimes Lost Dust

Author:David Ruggles

“You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.”

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Author:Geraldine Ferraro

“That's the thing about needs. Sometimes when you get them met, you don't need them anymore.”

Needs Self Sometimes Mets Sex And The City

Author:Michael Patrick King

“God is the Sun and when His rays fall upon your heart, not impeded by the clouds of egoism, the lotus blooms and the petals unfold.”

Heart Fall Sun Clouds Rays Egoism Petals Lotuses Sky And Clouds Clouds And Stars Clouds Sky

Author:Sathya Sai Baba

“All my days have I grown up among the Sages and I have found naught better for a man than silence.”

Men Found Silence Sage

Author:Gamaliel

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