When thou seest fair waves of speech, thou knowest there is a glorious Ocean beneath them.

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The sound and speech arise from the thought; thou knowest not where is the Ocean of thought; Yet when thou seest fair waves of speech, Thou knowest there is a glorious Ocean beneath them. When waves of thought arise from the Ocean of Wisdom, They assume the forms of sound and speech. These forms of speech are born and die again, These waves cast themselves back into the Ocean.

Source Masnavi, Book I, Story V, §12 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Rûmî in the Masnavi, our words are like waves born of the Ocean of thought, which itself comes from the Ocean of divine Wisdom: behind every beautiful word lies a depth. Today, before you speak, let a breath pass and look for the deep thought from which your word will be born, so that it may be beautiful and true.

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