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“Keep on knocking 'til the joy inside opens a window look to see who's there”

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Rumi, also known as Jalal al-Din Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic. His poetry is renowned for its profound philosophy, beautiful language, and strong emotions, and has had a profound impact on the world. more

“We were green: we ripened and grew golden. The Sea terrified us: we learned how to drown. Squat and earthbound, we unfolded huge wings. We started sober: are love's startled drunkards. You hide me in your cloak of nothingness Reflect my ghost in your glass of being I am nothing, yet appear: transparent dream Where your eternity briefly trembles.”

Dream Sea Huge Grew Eternity Green Wings Glasses Ghost Golden Nothingness Terrified Sober Transparent Cloaks Drunkards Squat

Author:Rumi

“That moon which the sky never saw even in dreams has risen again”

Dream Saws Sky Moon Risen

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“The Prophets accept all agony and trust it For the water has never feared the fire.”

Spiritual Water Accepting Fire Prophet Agony

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“Since Love has made ruins of my heart The sun must come and illumine them. Such generosity has broken me with shame.”

Heart Made Spiritual Sun Broken My Heart Shame Ruins Generosity

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“Whoever finds love beneath hurt and grief disappears into emptiness with a thousand new disguises”

Hurt Grief Thousand Disappear Emptiness Disguise Finding Love

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“Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don't open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down the dulcimer. Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”

Way Today Reading Fear Love Is Study Doors Kissing Empty Wake Up Frightened

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“By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes.”

Ifs Sides Everlasting Transitory Room With A View

Book:A Room with a View

Source: A Room with a View

“The great art of films does not consist of descriptive movement of face and body but in the movements of thought and soul transmitted in a kind of intense isolation.”

Kind Doe Art Soul Body Film Faces Movement Actresses Intense Isolation Filmmaking Great Art Transmit

Author:Louise Brooks

“Today I'm out wandering, turning my skull into a cup for others to drink wine from. In this town somewhere there sits a calm, intelligent man, who doesn't know what he's about to do!”

Knows Men Today Drink Intelligent Towns Wine Calm Wander Cups Muse Skulls Intelligent Man

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