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1 " There is a story about one emperor, King Akbar. He was doing the mass, praying, on the open ground. And there was a fakir who passed by. The king was asking for, "Give me more wealth, more prosperity," and this and that. And as he finished, he was about to finish it, this fakir who was moving around, this saint who was moving, who passed that way, he just stood and watched him for a couple of minutes and he moved away. And Akbar got up and said, "Oh, wait, wait, what is it that you want? Because I will give you whatever you want. You ask me." You know, this used to be the tradition in those days. Kings allowed people to ask them whatever desire they had. So this fakir, this saint said, "I don't take anything from a beggar." He said, "You yourself were begging, five minutes ago. I saw. You were asking, 'Allah, You give me this, give me that.' You are still a beggar being an emperor. I don't need to take anything from you. I'll take it from whomever you are asking. "
― Sri Sri Ravi Shankar , Narada Bhakti Sutra: The Aphorisms Of Love
2 " Surrender is the venture of the bold man. A fearful person cannot surrender. "
