Imitating others, I failed to find myself. I looked inside and discovered I only knew my name. When I stepped outside I — Maryam Mafi, Rumi's Little Book of the Heart
Imitating others, I failed to find myself. I looked inside and discovered I only knew my name. When I stepped outside I — Maryam Mafi, Rumi's Little Book of the Heart
Imitating others, I failed to find myself. I looked inside and discovered I only knew my name. When I stepped outside I — Maryam Mafi, Rumi's Little Book of the Heart
Imitating others, I failed to find myself. I looked inside and discovered I only knew my name. When I stepped outside I — Maryam Mafi, Rumi's Little Book of the Heart
Imitating others, I failed to find myself. I looked inside and discovered I only knew my name. When I stepped outside I — Maryam Mafi, Rumi's Little Book of the Heart
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Imitating others, I failed to find myself. I looked inside and discovered I only knew my name. When I stepped outside I found my real Self. ~Rumi

— Maryam Mafi, Rumi's Little Book of the Heart
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