The Book of Rumi: 105 Stories and Fables that Illumine, Delight, and Inform
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One must never compare oneself to others, even though they may appear to be the same on the surface; truly nothing is as it seems!”
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When you look at everything in life with the eyes of want and greed, whom do you hope to escape? Yourself? God? Is that possible?
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nothing truly is as it seems.
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Was it not true that the human tongue is like an uneasy aggregation of rock and iron, which, when struck against each other, can spark off a fire? He regretted having recounted his parrot’s message, but there was nothing he could do now, so he continued with his duties until he finished them up, and then he returned home.