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When you are with everyone but me, you're with no one. When you are with no one but me, you're with everyone. Instead of being so bound up with everyone, be everyone. When you become that many, you're nothing. Empty.

Rumi

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Rumi
Born: 1207
Born: September 30
Islamic Scholar
Literary
Mystic
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
Umm Al-Belaad
Jalālauddīna Rūmī
Ǧalāladdīn Rūmī
Dzhalaliddin Rumi
Jalaluʼddin Rumi
Gialâl ad-Dîn Rûmî
Jalálu-ʼd-ʼDín Muhammad i Rúmí
Dzhaloluddin Rumi
Celâleddin Rûmî
Ŷalāl al-Dīn Rūmī
Jalāluddīn Balkhī Rumī
Jolalud-Din Rumi
Zhaloliddin Rumiĭ
Jalaladdin Rumi
Dschelal-Eddin Rumi
Jalāluddīn Muḥammad Balkhī Rūmī
Rum
Jalāl ad-Dīn ar-Rūmī
Dschalaludd
Bounds
Empty
Instead
Everyone
Become
Nothing
Many
Bound

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