"A young pupil…had a small hoard of gold pieces…they [pupil and shaikh] came to a dark valley, at the entrance of which were two roads. The pupil began to be afraid…'Which road ought we to take?' The shaikh replied 'Get rid of that which makes you afraid, then either road will be good. The devil fears him who is indifferent to money…" The Pir and his companion.
Farid Ud-Din Attar - The Conference of the Birds.
Farid Ud-Din Attar was one of the earliest Sufi poets of Persia. Attar's best known work is called Mantiq-ut-Tair, or the 'Conference of the Birds'
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