"Don't grieve for what doesn't come. Some..." - Quote by Rumi
Don't grieve for what doesn't come. Some things that don't happen keep disasters from happening.
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“Tender words we spoke to one another are sealed in the secret vaults of heaven. One day like rain, they will fall to earth and grow green all over the world.”
“Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.”
“There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger.”
More on Acceptance
“Receive without conceit, release without struggle.”
“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. And unselfishness is letting other people's lives alone, not interfering with them. Selfishness always aims at uniformity of type. Unselfishness recognizes infinite variety of type as a delightful thing, accepts it, acquiesces in it, enjoys it.”
“When the remedy you have offered only increases the disease, then leave him who will not be cured, and tell your story to someone who seeks the truth.”
More on Perspective
“The law of flying was not discovered by the contemplation of things staying on the ground.”
“We go on dating from Cold Fridays and Great Snows; but a little colder Friday, or greater snow would put a period to man's existence on the globe.”
“We were born in a dark age out of due time (for us). But there is this comfort: otherwise we should not know, or so much love, what we do love. I imagine the fish out of water is the only fish to have an inkling of water.”