A youth asks about friendship, and Mustafa answers that a friend is one's needs answered, a field to sow with love and reap with thanksgiving, a table and fireside and the source of peace when one is hungry. When a friend speaks honestly, one fears saying neither yea nor nay. Friends can be silent and yet share their thoughts, desires, expectations and joy. When one parts from a friend there should be no grief, because the friend will be clearer absent, as a mountain climber sees the plain more clearly than those who stand on it. The only purpose of friendship is deepening the.....
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