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“You make me a sinner if you stop me giving you hospitality.”
“Take the straight path, even if it is long: marry no widow, even if she is a houri.”
“What goes into a salt-mine becomes salt.”
“The power of Allah: no sound, no shape, no form. But when it manifests, none can resist it.”
“What do I sing, and what does my tambourine sing?”
“Dye your hair, certainly. But what can you do for your face?”
“Three things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity. Ali, the Lion of Islam.”
“Sayings of the ProphetTrust: Trust in God but tie your camel first.”
“Good. Show me a man who thinks that he knows what 'good' is, and I will probably be able to show you a horror of a person. Show me a person who really knows what 'good' is, and I will show you that...”
“Instant Reading. A certain famous Fakir was claiming in the village that he could teach an illiterate person to read by a lightning technique. Nasrudin stepped out of the crowd: 'Very well, teach m...”
