"What I deeply want... is for Rumi to become vitally present for readers, part of what John Keats called our soul-making, that process that is both collective and uniquely individual, that happens outside time and space and inside, that is the ocean we all inhabit and each singular droplet-self."

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Source : Coleman Barks (2010). “The Soul of Rumi: A New Collection of Ecstatic Poems”, p.14, Harper Collins

Coleman Barks

#Ocean Quotes #Self Quotes #Space Quotes

“If I were gay, life would be a lot simpler. I'm kind of annoyed that I'm not.”
“Being a vegan just helps me build up my self-esteem. I feel good about it every time I eat a meal.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“This music that was supposed to only come from tapes like in any restaurant. Something would happened. One bird will start to do a little jazz thing, and another bird will start to answer.”
“I don't know what I'm doing. I have no idea what I'm doing. I'm shopping around.”
“With respect to the question of relationships, my general view is that freedom means freedom for everyone. People...ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to.”
“Veil after veil of thin dusky gauze is lifted, and by degrees the forms and colours of things are restored to them, and we watch the dawn remaking the world in its antique pattern.”
“Sensible people advise against drinking on an empty stomach, but to my mind it is the best sort of drinking.”
“Over the years, I'll admit, I lost the love for basketball a little bit.”

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