"He is like a man using a..." - Quote by Rumi
He is like a man using a candle to look for the sun
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More on Illusion
“The first object of the painter is to make a flat plane appear as a body in relief and projecting from that plane”
“Go out of the house to see the moon, and 't is mere tinsel; it will not please as when its light shines upon your necessary journey. The beauty that shimmers in the yellow afternoons of October, who could ever clutch it? Go forth to find it, and it is gone: 't is only a mirage as you look from the windows of diligence.”
“We deceive and flatter no one by such delicate artificies as we do our own selves.”
More on Seeking
“He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.”
“You run back and forth listening for unusual events, peering into the faces of travelers. "Why are you looking at me like a madman?" I have lost a friend. Please forgive me.”
“When you seek Love with all your Heart, you shall find its echoes in the universe.”