Rumi: Jesus, son of Mary, went to heaven and his ass remained below, I remain on the earth but my spirit has flown to the sky.

Jesus, son of Mary, went to heaven and his ass remained below, I remain on the e — Rumi

Jesus, son of Mary, went to heaven and his ass remained below, I remain on the earth but my spirit has flown to the sky.

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And now, at half-past ten o'clock, I hear the cockerels crow in Hubbard's barns, — Henry David Thoreau
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