There is a story of two Sufis who met after many years, having travelled their different ways. They were glad to meet each other after many years of separation as they were both mureeds of the same murshid. One said to the other, "Tell me, please, your life's experience. After all this time of study and practice of Sufism I have learned one thing: how to conciliate another; and I can do it very well now. Will you please tell me what you have learned?" The other one said, "After all this time of study and practice of Sufism I have learned how to master life; and all that there is in this world is for me, and I am the master. All that happens, happens by my will." Then came the murshid, whose mureeds both of them were, and they spoke to him of their experience during their journey. The murshid said, "Both of you are right." In the case of the first it was self-denial, in the right sense of the word, which enabled him to conciliate others; in the case of the second there was no longer any of his will left; if there was any, it was the will of God.