always thirsty...

To find a pearl dive deep into the ocean

don’t look in fountains.

To find a pearl you must

emerge from the water of life always thirsty.



- Rumi

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"Rumi - Whispers of the Beloved"
Selected and translated by
Azima Melita Kolin and Maryam Mafi
Thorsons, London 1999