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Whereas the springhead is undying, its branch gives water continually;
Since neither can cease, why are you lamenting?
Conceive the Soul as a fountain and these created things as rivers;
While the fountain flows, the rivers run from it
Put grief out of your head, and keep quaffing this river water,
Do not think of the water failing; for this water is without end.

— Rumi Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)

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