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The wound is the place where the light enters you. — Rumi · Smartyfair

The wound is the place where the light enters you.

Rumi1207–1273 · poet · 1200s PersiaRumi was a poet and spiritual teacher who lived in Persia more than 800 years ago.1 quote

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The part of you that got hurt is often where you grow the most.

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What turned up: loose paraphrase of Coleman Barks' interpretive translation, "The Essential Rumi" (poem "Childhood Friends," 1995), not a literal Rumi quote
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