"Even when tied in a thousand knots,..." - Quote by Rumi
Even when tied in a thousand knots, the string is still but one.
More by Rumi
“If you do not possess the staff of caution and discrimination, use the eyes of him who sees. If there is no staff of caution and discrimination, do not wander on the road without a guide.”
“Friends are enemies sometimes, and enemies friends.”
“Many have been led astray by the Qur'an: by clinging to that rope many have fallen into the well. There is no fault in the rope, O perverse man, for it was you who had no desire to reach the top.”
More on Unity
“Some of my colleagues who are criticized today for lack of forthright principles-or who are looked upon with scorn as compromising "politicians"-are simply engaged in the fine art of conciliating, balancing and interpreting the forces and factions of public opinion, an art essential to keeping our nation united and enabling our Government to function.”
“Contain all human faces in your own without any judgment of them”
“America stands unique in the world: the only country not founded on race but on a way, an ideal. Not in spite of but because of our polyglot background, we have had all the strength in the world. That is the American way.”
More on Oneness
“The Same, the Same: friend and foe are of one stuff; the ploughman, the plough, and the furrow, are of one stuff; and the stuff is such, and so much, that the variations of form are unimportant.”
“I merged so completely with love, and was so fused,that I became Love and Love became me.”
“There are three words that convey the secret of the art of living, the secret of all success and happiness. One With Life.”