"Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation."
"There cannot be self-restraint in the absence of desire: when there is no adversary, what avails thy courage? Hark, do not castrate thyself, do not become a monk: chastity depends on the existence of lust."
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Source: Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.174, Penguin UK
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