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The king who seeks company of the ascetics is superior to that ascetic who seeks nearness of the king.

— Sufyan al-Thawri The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

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Moaning and wailing have ten kinds of which nine are full of showoff and only one kind is full of reality.

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