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Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis e Discorso sul testo della Commedia di Dante

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“Tutti avranno notato il gusto che hanno i gatti di fermarsi a oziare tra i due battenti di una porta socchiusa. Chi non ha detto a un gatto: "Ma entra, dunque!". Vi sono uomini che, posti davanti a un avvenimento imprevisto, hanno pure la tendenza a restare indecisi tra due risoluzioni, a rischio di farsi schiacciare qualora il destino chiuda bruscamente l'avventura. I più prudenti, per quanto gatti possano essere, e proprio perché son gatti, corrono talvolta maggior rischio degli audaci.”

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Book:Les Misérables
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“Sufism is the reconciliation of all opposites: the outer and the inner, the material and the spiritual, the finite and the infinite, the here and the hereafter, freedom and servanthood, the human and the divine. Enlightenment in this tradition does not prevent us from functioning in a practical and humble way in life, does not entitle us to special treatment, does not exclude us from the inevitable joys and griefs of life. The Sufi’s union with God does not cancel servanthood. What I found through Sufism far exceeded my hopes. As an example, one poet said to me: “All of my reading, study, and creative writing could not have prepared me for the poetry of Rumi.” And yet all Rumi’s poetry is just the wave on the surface of the ocean of Sufi spirituality. Perhaps it is consistent with the idea of Divine generosity that it should exceed in actuality the gift we had foreseen in our imagination. The Source is not only infinitely generous, it is infinitely creative, and its gifts surpass human imagination.”

SufismMevlana Celaleddin RumiSoul Of Islam
Book:The Knowing Heart: A Sufi Path of Transformation
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