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God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites, so that you will have two wings to fly, not one. – Rumi, as interpreted by Camille and Kabir Helminski

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How will you know the difficulties of being human, if you’re always flying off to blue perfection? – Rumi

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At night, I open the window and ask the moon to come and press its face against mine. Breathe into me. Close the language-door and open the love-window. The moon won’t use the door, only the window. – Rumi

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Take sips of this pure wine being poured. Don’t mind that you’ve been given a dirty cup. – Rumi

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Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. – Rumi, as interpreted by Coleman Barks

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