Carolina QuotesEvery object and being in the universe is a jar overflowing with wisdom and beauty, a drop of the Tigris that cannot be contained by any skin. Every jarful spills and makes the earth more shining, as though covered in satin.
Coleman Barks Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"The Gift of Water" Ch. 18: The Three Fish, p. 200
- work
- The Essential Rumi (1995)
- year
- 1995
- locator
- p. 200
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“Every object and being in the universe is a jar overflowing …” Coleman Barks. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-27A56DCC6A. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/27a56dcc6a
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