For when you strive for gain, you are but a root that clings to the earth and sucks at her...
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Mustafa:
Let us not be too quick to call others evil. For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst? Truly when good is hungry it seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts, it drinks even of dead waters. You are good when you strive to give of yourself. Yet you are not evil when you seek gain for yourself. Mustafa:
For when you strive for gain, you are but a root that clings to the earth and sucks at her breast. Surely the fruit cannot say to the root, "Be like me, ripe and full and ever giving of your abundance." For the fruit, giving is a need, as receiving is a need to the root
Let us not be too quick to call others evil. For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst? Truly when good is hungry it seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts, it drinks even of dead waters. You are good when you strive to give of yourself. Yet you are not evil when you seek gain for yourself. Mustafa:
For when you strive for gain, you are but a root that clings to the earth and sucks at her breast. Surely the fruit cannot say to the root, "Be like me, ripe and full and ever giving of your abundance." For the fruit, giving is a need, as receiving is a need to the root
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Let us not be too quick to call others evil
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For what is evil but good tortured By its own hunger and thirst
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Truly when good is hungry It seeks food even in dark caves
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And when it thirsts It drinks even of dead waters
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You are good When you strive to give of yourself
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Yet you are not evil When you seek gain for yourself
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For when you strive for gain
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You are but a root that clings to the earth And sucks at her breast
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Surely the fruit cannot say to the root
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'Be like me ripe and full And ever giving of your abundance'
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For the fruit giving is a need
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As receiving is a need for the root
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Movie Summary
Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will incite rebellion.
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Mustafa
