The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.Rumi
“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”
Poet and mystic · 1207 – 1273
13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic whose Masnavi is among the most influential works of Islamic literature.
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