When all the world recognizes beauty as beauty, this in itself is ugliness. When all the world recognizes good as good, this in itself is evil. Indeed, the hidden and the manifest give birth to each other. Difficult and easy complement each other. Long and short exhibit each other. High […] Read more
Which is worth more, a crowd of thousands, or your own genuine solitude? Freedom, or power over an entire nation? A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given you. Rumi Read more
I tremble They’re gonna eat me alive If I stumble They’re gonna eat me alive Can you hear my heart Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer Help I’m alive My heart keeps beating like a hammer Hard to be soft Tough to be tender Come take my pulse […] Read more
Noise Is a cruel ruler Who is always imposing Curfews, While Stillness and quiet Break open the vintage Bottles, Awake the real Band :: Hafiz Read more
Story on story of wonderful hills and streams, their blue-green haze locked in clouds! Mists brush my thin cap with moisture, dew wets my coat of plaited straw. On my feet I wear pilgrim’s sandals, my hand holds a stick of old rattan. Though I look down again on the […] Read more