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> [I think my life is tremendously interesting, and surely, other people do too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-barks/i-think-my-life-is-tremendously-interesting-and-surely-other-people/)

[Coleman Barks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-barks/)

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## More by Coleman Barks

> [I think we all have a core that's ecstatic, that knows and that looks up in wonder. We all know that there are marvelous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-barks/i-think-we-all-have-a-core-that-s-ecstatic-that-knows-and-that-looks/)

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> [The mystics always say that the experience they're talking about is ineffable, that you can't say it. Rumi was asked one time why he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-barks/the-mystics-always-say-that-the-experience-they-re-talking-about-is/)

[Coleman Barks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-barks/)

> [ \[Rumi\] is trying to get us to feel the vastness of our true identity... like the sense you might get walking into a cathedral... ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-barks/rumi-is-trying-to-get-us-to-feel-the-vastness-of-our-true-identity/)

[Coleman Barks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-barks/)

> [“ In the front yard lives the oldest thing around, a white oak That I used to say is my love for the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-barks/in-the-front-yard-lives-the-oldest-thing-around-a-white-oak-that-i/)

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> [“…the work of the (Muslim Sufi) dervish community was to open the heart, explore the mystery of union, to fiercely search for and try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-barks/the-work-of-the-muslim-sufi-dervish-community-was-to-open-the-heart/)

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> [Just being sentient and in a body with the sun coming up is a state of rapture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-barks/just-being-sentient-and-in-a-body-with-the-sun-coming-up-is-a-state/)

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> [It's such a foolish thing to argue about names, when what we're doing is all one thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-barks/it-s-such-a-foolish-thing-to-argue-about-names-when-what-we-re-doing/)

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> [I had been a kind of natural mystic my whole life, growing up there in Tennessee next to the river. Somehow, that was important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-barks/i-had-been-a-kind-of-natural-mystic-my-whole-life-growing-up-there-in/)

[Coleman Barks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-barks/)

> [If you teach three university courses a day, you need something to turn your mind off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-barks/if-you-teach-three-university-courses-a-day-you-need-something-to/)

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> [If you think there's an important difference between being a Christian or a Jew or a Hindu or a Muslim or a Buddhist, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-barks/if-you-think-there-s-an-important-difference-between-being-a/)

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> [What I deeply want... is for Rumi to become vitally present for readers, part of what John Keats called our soul-making, that process that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-barks/what-i-deeply-want-is-for-rumi-to-become-vitally-present-for-readers/)

[Coleman Barks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-barks/)

> [Longing becomes more poignant if in the distance you can't tell whether your friend is going away or coming back. The pushing away pulls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-barks/longing-becomes-more-poignant-if-in-the-distance-you-can-t-tell/)

[Coleman Barks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-barks/)

> [I think my life is tremendously interesting, and surely, other people do too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-barks/i-think-my-life-is-tremendously-interesting-and-surely-other-people/)

[Coleman Barks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-barks/)

> [It's a beautiful lucid dream that has language that I can fiddle with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-barks/it-s-a-beautiful-lucid-dream-that-has-language-that-i-can-fiddle-with/)

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> [Ramana Maharshi and Rumi would agree: the joy of being human is in uncovering the core we already are, the treasure buried in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-barks/ramana-maharshi-and-rumi-would-agree-the-joy-of-being-human-is-in/)

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