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Let others grow pale from fear of misfortune,
Do thou smile like the rose at loss and gain.
For the rose, though its petals be torn asunder
Still smiles on, and it is never cast down.
It says ‘Why should I fall into grief in disgrace?
I gather beauty even from the thorn of disgrace.’
What is Sufism? ’Tis to find joy in the heart
Whensoever distress and care assail it.

— Rumi Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)

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