Come, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune: every success depends upon focusing the heart.
R
RumiMasnavi, Book III, tr. Kabir Helminski
About Rumi
Persian poet and Sufi mystic who wrote the Masnavi. (1207-1273)
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- If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?Masnavi, Book I, tr. Kabir Helminski
- If you are wholly perplexed and in straits, have patience, for patience is the key to joy.Masnavi, Book I, tr. Kabir Helminski
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- Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader, are your own nature reflected in them.Masnavi, Book I, tr. Kabir Helminski
- The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.Masnavi, Book I
- If an ant seeks the rank of Solomon, don't smile contemptuously upon its quest. Everything you possess of skill, and wealth and handicraft, wasn't it first merely a thought and a quest?Masnavi, Book III, tr. Kabir Helminski
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