And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice.
-- Jalaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273), Persian philosopher and poet, "By the Sound of Their Voice", Mathnawi V, translated by Kabir Helminski and Camille Helminski, The Rumi Collection, pg 4 (2005)
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