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"It is the goldsmith who can assay the gold."
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"If you want to be a calligrapher, write, and write, and write."
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"It is the goldsmith who can assay the gold."
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"The key is in the craft."
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"The master initiate of any craft appears magical to the uninitiated."
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"Tengo had a gift for such work. He was a born technician, possessing both the intense concentration of a bird sailing through the air in search of prey and the patience of a donkey hauling water, playing always by the rules of the game."
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"A whetstone, though it cannot cut, may sharpen a knife that will."
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"Every habit makes our hand more witty, and out wit more handy."
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"I'm not a fast, stream-of-consciousness lyricist at all - I know some guys who are, and if there is one skill I wish I had, it's that."
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"Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing only."
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"I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill."
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"The Sufi saying has it: "God, to the bee, is something which has TWO stings!"
Faith
"The Sufi teacher's mission is to be in the service of those who can learn."
Education
"The task is to learn to live in peace with one's own nature."
Peace
"Never follow any impulse to teach, however strong it might be. The command to teach is not felt as an impulsion."
Teaching
"One day we will all wear a garment which has no pockets..."
Mortality
"The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces."
Health
"Certain levels of human understanding cannot be attained, it is claimed, until the brain can work in more than one way."
Knowledge
"However fast you run, or however skilfully, you can't run away from your own feet."
Self-Awareness
"You will never reach Mecca, I fear: for you are on the road to Turkestan."
Journey
"How many friends would you have if you went from one to another asking them to conceal a dead body?"
Trust
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