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The Importance of Being a Thief
Nazraden was a master of the answer which corresponds to the mentaly or the intentions of the speaker. A dishonest barber claiming respect because he knows where to get things is more of a thief than the man who takes what has been stolen in the first place and restores it to its rightful owner. An english seeker after truth once sold everything he had and wandered to the east, where he spent all his time looking for a suitable sufi teacher. After eight years of this life, he came upon a dervish and asked him if he knew the way to rive at the door of the teacher of the age. Exactly, said the dervish. He immediately wrote down a name
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