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When I had once asked Sheikh 'Abd al-Rahman why God created the universe when He was already perfect in Himself without need of anything, he answered simply, “That there might be love.” He also said, “The traveller proceeds along, but the lover flies.”
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Most of us need few books, because we already know what we have to do.
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Their books are often as eloquent as dangerous, and one must know them for what they are . . .
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"Why do you go around to all these people?" he asked. "You'll just confuse yourself with all this listening to everyone. People say all sorts of things. What do you want with them?"
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