"We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us."
— Rumi

January 1, 1970

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The Tao of Dad: The Wisdom of Fathers Near and Far (2006) p. 62. Compare: Thomas Browne, Religio Medici (1643) pt. 1, sect. 15: "We carry within us the wonders we seek without us: there is all Africa and her prodigies in us."