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Whoever may put off to sow seed in spring
Ignores the true value of time’s swiftest wing,
Let each one take refuge in mercy of God
Who grace manifold on our souls has bestowed,
Then shalt thou find shelter, when shelter thou needest,
Fire’s, water’s protection thou’lt have as thou heedest.

— Rumi Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)

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Come, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune:
Every success depends upon focusing the heart.

The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.

The branch might seem like the fruit's origin:
In fact, the branch exists because of the fruit.

If you wish to shine like day, burn up the night of self-existence. Dissolve in the Being who is everything.

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.

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