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I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there. — Richard P. Feynman

Nothing endures except truth. — Luc De Clapiers

Why Aren't We Screaming Drunks?

by Hafiz (Daniel Ladinsky)
(1945? - ) Timeline


Original Language
English
Muslim / Sufi


Contemporary


The sun once glimpsed God's true nature
And has never been the same.

Thus that radiant sphere
Constantly pours its energy
Upon this earth
As does He from behind
The veil.

With a wonderful God like that
Why isn't everyone a screaming drunk?

Hafiz's guess is this:

Any thought that you are better or less
Than another man

Quickly
Breaks the wine
Glass. — Daniel Ladinsky

The future was spun from moments like this. If she backed away, it might all unravel. — Alice Hoffman

When you create a movie, you create something in your image. — Jean-Jacques Annaud

My blood is a miracle that, from my veins, crosses the air in my heart into yours. — Frida Kahlo

By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man passionately desire to be a perfect citizen, and teaches him to rule, and to obey, with justice. This is the only education which deserves the name. — Plato

Short of committing murder, negative publicity sells more seats than positive publicity. — Michael O'Leary

Look, I love you." Kelly told him. "You love me. We've bled for each other. Why can't that turn into more? — Abigail Roux

There was also something spiritual about being in tune with ones own body, and being able to move it through space with no limits or barriers. — Ashley Kalym