"The beginning of pride and hatred lies..." - Quote by Rumi
The beginning of pride and hatred lies in worldly desire, and the strength of your desire if from habit. When an evil tendency becomes confirmed by habit, rage is triggered when anyone restrains you.
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“Suddenly the drunken sweetheart appeared out of my door. She drank a cup of ruby wine and sat by my side. Seeing and holding the lockets of her hair My face became all eyes, and my eyes all hands.”
“Longing is the core of mystery. Longing itself brings the cure. The only rule is, suffer the pain. Your desires must be disciplined And what you want to happen in time, sacrificed.”
“Seek passion, seek passion, seek passion!”
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“Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.”
“Our greediness so often troubles us, making us run after so many things at the same time, that while we too eagerly look after the least we miss the greatest.”
“The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.”