"...Ali the Lion, caliph of Islam, has spoken of three things that can never be retrieved,
the last of which is missed opportunity."...pp. 152
"...There is a story of a King who summoned all his wise men to his palace
and promised a rich reward to the one who could sum up for him
in just one sentence all the wisdom of living, just one sentence
that would contribute to every possible event in a lifetime."...
"...The wisest of them wrote for him just four words: This too shall pass."...pp. 153
..."It will pass, yes" grumbled Max, "but how?..."
... "Such words!" interrupted Sidi Tahar with a shake of his head.
"They stab, they distrub the peace of the heart!
Try to be calm--be in the world but not of it!"...pp. 153
A novel: Mrs.Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish
By: Dorothy Gilman
