"Loaves of bread remind us of sunlight, but when we are inside that orb,we lose interest in building ovens,in millwork and the preparation of fields before the planting."
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"Tree limbs rise and fall like the ecstatic arms of those who have submitted to the mystical life. Leaf sounds talk together like poets making fresh metaphors."
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"The Past, the Future, O dear, is from you; you should regard both these as one."
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"I drank water from your spring and felt the current take me."
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"Intellect in its effort to explain Love got stuck in the mud like an ass. Love alone could explain love and loving."
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"The chess master says nothing, other than moving the silient chess piece."
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"Your name is upon my tongue your image is in my sight your memory is in my heart where can I send these words that I write ?"
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"Love is nothing other than finding the truth."
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"The satiated person and the hungry one do not see the same thing when they look upon a loaf of bread."
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"Inside you there's an artist you don't know about."
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"Here is a relationship booster that is guaranteed to work: Every time your spouse or lover says something stupid make your eyes light up as if you just heard something brilliant."
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"Live at the empty heart of paradox. I'll dance with you there, cheek to cheek."
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"If you only say one prayer in a day make it Thank You."
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"Look as long as you can at the friend you love, no matter whether that friend is moving away from you or coming back toward you."
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"Come sit with me! Let us drink the holy wine of happiness."
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"There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don't you? You feel the separation from the Beloved. Invite Him to fill you up, embrace the fire."
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"He is a letter to everyone. You open it. It says, Live."
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"What a Joy, to travel the way of the heart"
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"There's no cure, except the retreat into love, For the suffering of subtly afflicted hearts."
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"Who gets up early to discover the moment light begins?"
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