A Quote by Rumi
Listen, O drop, give yourself up without regret, and in exchange gain the Ocean.
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Listen, O drop, give yourself up without regret, and in exchange gain the Ocean. Listen, O drop, bestow upon yourself this honor, and in the arms of the Sea be secure. Who indeed should be so fortunate? An Ocean wooing a drop! In God's name, in God's name, sell and buy at once! Give a drop, and take this Sea full of pearls.
Give up the drop and gain the whole ocean.
To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
It's only a drop in the ocean - but the ocean wouldn't be the same without that drop.
Prayer in action is love, and love in action is service. Try to give unconditionally whatever a person needs in the moment. The point is to do something, however small, and show you care through your actions by giving your time ... Do not worry about why problems exist in the world - just respond to people's needs ... We feel what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean, but that ocean would be less without that drop.
What do you have to surrender? A drop has to dissolve into the ocean to become the ocean. And a drop cannot be greater than the ocean, can it? So what is the surrendering? It is the surrendering of our conditioning, of our ego and the artificial barriers we have built around us.
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
We realize that what we are accomplishing is a drop in the ocean. But if this drop were not in the ocean, it would be missed.
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.
Progress is always an exchange. We gain something, we give something else up. I'm interested in looking at some of what we are losing.
My biggest regret is rolling in regret. It is best to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and move on.
My biggest regret is rolling in regret. It is best to pick yourself up , dust yourself off and move on.
Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
You are not just the drop in the ocean. You are the mighty ocean in the drop.
The ocean is a large drop; a drop is a small ocean.
Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. Wikis give us a place where anyone who is kind, thoughtful and intelligent can come and join us in building a better and more rational world. Jimmy Wales Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.
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