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Intense, unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffering that is apparently bearable;
“Don't be the rider who gallops all night and never sees the horse that is beneath him.”
― The Rumi Collection
― The Rumi Collection
“and when each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“All people, all possible permutations of good, evil, thought, passion. The lamps are different, But the Light is the same.”
― The Rumi Collection
― The Rumi Collection
“When our guides and those who are cherished by us leave and disappear, they are not annihilated, they are like stars that vanish into the light of the sun of reality.”
― The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi
― The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi
“The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or of joy. The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present. Each person who gets stuck in time gets stuck alone.”
― Einstein’s Dreams
― Einstein’s Dreams
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