"Without the frown of clouds and lightning,..." - Quote by Rumi
Without the frown of clouds and lightning, the vines would be burned by the smiling sun.
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More on Balance
“Mine was, as it were, the connecting link between wild and cultivated fields; as some states are civilized, and others half-civilized, and others savage or barbarous, so my field was, though not in a bad sense, a half-cultivated field. They were beans cheerfully returning to their wild and primitive state that I cultivated, and my hoe played the Ranz des Vaches for them.”
“The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.”
“Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.”
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“To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.”
“Was mich nicht zugrunde richtet, macht mich starker.”
“Laugh as often as possible. You must. Because the world will offer you every reason to weep. So as often as possible, you laugh. That, I think, is part of the Great Love.”