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One Of The Tragedies Of Modern Times Is That People Have Come To Believe That Something Said By Someone In The Past, Perhaps For Illustrative Or Provocation Purposes, Actually Represents That Person's Beliefs At The Time.

It Is The Message, Not The Man, Which Is Important To The Sufis.

There Is A Persian Proverb: 'to Test That Which Has Been Tested Is Ignorance.' To Try To Test Something Without The Means Of Testing Is Even Worse.

A King Who Feared Wasps Once Decreed That They Were Abolished. As It Happened, They Did Him No Harm. But He Was Eventually Stung To Death By Scorpions.

When The Ignorant Have Become Numerous Or Powerful Enough, They Have Been Referred To By A Special Name. This Names Is 'the Wise'.