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“Which is worth more, a crowd of thousands,
or your own genuine solitude?
Freedom, or power over an entire nation?
A little while alone in your room
will prove more valuable than anything else
that could ever be given you.”
― The Essential Rumi
or your own genuine solitude?
Freedom, or power over an entire nation?
A little while alone in your room
will prove more valuable than anything else
that could ever be given you.”
― The Essential Rumi
“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
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“Be empty of worrying.
Think of who created thought!
Why do you stay in prison
When the door is so wide open?”
― The Essential Rumi
Think of who created thought!
Why do you stay in prison
When the door is so wide open?”
― The Essential Rumi
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