Masnavi III, 1438, 1440
Don’t look at your form, however ugly or beautiful.
Look at love and at the aim of your quest.
. . .O you whose lips are parched, keep looking for water.
Those parched lips are proof that eventually you will
reach the source.
Breathing Truth - Quotations from Jalaluddin Rumi
Version by Muriel Maufroy
Sanyar Press - London, 1997
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