"All we really want is love's confusing joy."
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"Come to the Root of the Root of your Self"
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"There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger."
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"A pen went scribbling along. When it tried to write love, it broke."
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"And he misses her Like a wind starved sail He sits knowing what direction to go But the current keeps pulling him Down river."
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"Suddenly the drunken sweetheart appeared out of my door. She drank a cup of ruby wine and sat by my side. Seeing and holding the lockets of her hair My face became all eyes, and my eyes all hands."
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"There's hidden sweetness in the stomach's emptiness."
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"We gather at night to celebrate being human. Sometimes we call out low to the tambourine. Fish drink the sea, but the sea does not get smaller! We eat the clouds and evening light. We are slaves tasting the royal wine."
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"Do you pay regular visits to yourself? Don't argue or answer rationally. Let us die, and dying, reply."
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"The lovers of God have no religion but God alone."
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"To a frog that's never left his pond, the ocean seems like a gamble. Look what he's giving up: security, mastery of his world, recognition! The ocean frog just shakes his head. "I can't explain where I live, but someday I'll take you there.""
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"A shadow cannot ignore the sun that all day creates and moves it."
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"I am filled with you. Skin, blood, bone, brain, and soul. There's no room for lack of trust, or trust. Nothing in this existence but that existence."
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"All because of love when it arrived my temporal life from then on changed to eternal"
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"You are the Soul and the medicine for what wounds the Soul."
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"Let people catch something from your heart that will cause no discomfort, but help them to sing."
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"Walk patiently through this troubled world, and you will find great treasure. Even though your house may be small, look within it!"
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"I look into your eyes & see the universe not yet born."
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"The images we create could turn into wild beasts and tear us to pieces."
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"Nightingales are put in cages because their songs give pleasure. Whoever heard of keeping a crow?"
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