One day a student asked a Sufi:
- Teacher, the world is full of sorrows! Tell me, where can a person find solace?
“It depends on what kind of person you are talking about,” answered the Sufi, “for the sage is consoled by the thought: “What happened, had to happen.” The fool is consoled by another thought: “This happened to others. But this won’t happen to me again!”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru