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In a rich moonlit garden, flowers open beneath the eyes of entire nations terrified to acknowledge the simplicity of the beauty of peace.

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Knowledge planted in truth grows in truth.Strength born of peace loses nothing to hate.

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The leaders and followers of the Harlem Renaissance were every bit as intent on using Black culture to help make the United States a more functional d...more

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Many Americans first fell in love with the poetry of the thirteenth century teacher and spiritual leader Jelalludin Rumi during the early 1990s when t...more

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At the different stages of recognition, reflection, and redress, practicing compassion provides potentially world-saving opportunities which otherwise...more

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The ecstatic beauty and soulful grace of Rumi’s poetry inspires human hearts to believe in possibilities beyond the predictably fatal.

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To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.

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Poetry and art nourish the soul of the world with the flavor-filled substances of beauty, wisdom and truth.

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There is no envy, jealousy, or hatred between the different colors of the rainbow. And no fear either. Because each one exists to make the others’ lov...more

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Love is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator. The more we ignore its potential to bring greater balance and deeper meaning to...more

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You are the hybrids of golden worlds and ages splendidly conceived.

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The gentle pulsing and flickering of stars and nebulae made a kind of music, a sweet easy mesh of whispered tones and sighing harmonies that held him ...more

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We ache with the yearningthat turns half into wholeand offer no excusesfor the beauty of our souls.

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The acknowledgement of a single possibility can change everything.

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There is within the human heart a quality of intelligence which has been known to surpass that attributed to the human mind.