"The religions of the world are luminous in their individuality, and they have valuable social and soulmaking functions. Surely someday we will quit killing each other over their different strategies."

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Source : Coleman Barks (2010). “The Essential Rumi - reissue: New Expanded Edition”, p.13, Harper Collins

Coleman Barks

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“War is a dead end, literally. And, what is more, we simply can't afford it. Not morally, and not financially. How long will it take the citizens of the United States, one wonders, to recognize that the house their country bombed in Iraq is the same one they were living in until it was foreclosed?”
“The real treasure, that which we all seek, is never very far; there is no real need to seek it in a distant place, for it lies buried within our own hearts. And yet, there is this strange and persistent fact thatÂ it isÂ only after a journey in a distant region, in a new land, that the way to that treasure becomes clear.”
“Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.”
“Stripping for cash is yet another of my many talents”
“If people around the world knew how well people at Guantanamo Bay are treating prisoners, they would not fall prey to the accusations that some in our Chamber are making. They are all receiving judicial review.”
“Surfaces simultaneously reveal and conceal.”
“I don't want everybody to vote”
“As far as the performance aspect, I'm going to be an actor. I still love performing, but I'm moving into more acting.”

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