My dear heart, never think you are better than others. Listen to their sorrows with compassion. If you want peace, don't harbor bad thoughts, do not gossip and don't teach what you do not know.
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Pour out wine till I become a wanderer from myself; for in selfhood and existence I have felt only fatigue.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Rumi expresses a desire to escape from self-awareness and the fatigue of existence through intoxication.
In this quote, Rumi reflects on the burdens of selfhood and the exhaustion that comes with the awareness of one's own existence. He yearns to transcend this fatigue by immersing himself in the liberating experience of losing himself in the act of drinking wine, suggesting that there is a beauty in letting go of the self and the trials of everyday life.
Themes
SelfhoodExistenceFatigueWineWanderer
In practice
Example use cases
During a philosophical discussion on existentialism, one might reference Rumi's quote to emphasize the struggle of self-awareness.
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