A man whose eyes love opens risks his soul – His dancing breaks beyond the mind’s control.
FARID AL-DIN ATTAR
FARID AL-DIN ATTAR
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Farid al-Din Attar9 quotes“A man whose eyes love opens risks his soul – His dancing breaks beyond the mind’s control.”
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Farid al-Din AttarFarid al-Din Attar Let love lead your soul. Make it a place to retire to, a kind of monastery cave, a retreat for the deepest core of your being.
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Farid al-Din AttarFarid al-Din Attar This was no friendship, to forsake your friend, To promise your support and at the end Abandon him-this was sheer treachery. Friend follows friend to hell and blasphemy- When sorrow comes one’s true friends are found; In times of joy ten thousand gather round.
Farid al-Din AttarFarid al-Din Attar The ocean can be yours; why should you stop Beguiled by dreams of evanescent dew? The secrets of the sun are yours, but you Content yourself with motes trapped in beams.
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