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“The ocean cannot be divided into drops, nor the sun into rays. The truth is one, but its expressions are many.”

— Attar of Nishapur

The Conference of the Birds

Attar, the 12th-century Persian Sufi poet, teaches the unity behind the diversity of spiritual paths.

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