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Who, in the midst of this
 
crooked twisted world,
   
am I ?
Like the letter alef ,
 
standing alone, I am adorned
   
by nothing, nothing.
Thou art the First,
 
the Last-and I,
   
in the middle,
Am simply an
 
inexplicable nothing,
   
nothing!
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Mevlana Jalaludin Rumi
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"Trust in God, but tie your camel"
Ole' Persian proverb
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