“There is a secret medicine given only to those who hurt so hard they can't hope.”
― The Essential Rumi
― The Essential Rumi
“…is there anyone so deaf that he cannot hear in Byzantine churches some echo of the Catacombs? What could be more natural than that just as martyrs made paintings for martyrs, latter-day bureaucrats paint for bureaucrats?”
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“So you see how endlessly futile and fruitless it would be if we wanted to refute their objections every time they obstinately resolved not to think through what they say but merely to speak, just so long as they contradict our arguments in any way they can.”
― The City of God: Books 1-10
― The City of God: Books 1-10
“You have forgotten the One
who doesn't care about ownership,
who doesn't try to turn a profit
from every human exchange.”
― The Essential Rumi
who doesn't care about ownership,
who doesn't try to turn a profit
from every human exchange.”
― The Essential Rumi
“You are so weak. Give up to grace.
The ocean takes care of each wave till it gets to shore.
You need more help than you know.”
― The Essential Rumi
The ocean takes care of each wave till it gets to shore.
You need more help than you know.”
― The Essential Rumi
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