“Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza.Poverty: The result of marriage.”

“Haste is from the Devil.”

“Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud.”

“Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaEmotionalist:A man or woman who thinks he has experienced the divine.”

“You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude.”

“Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaIntellectual: One who knows no craft.”

“Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk.”

“Haste is from the Devil.”

“The candle burned the moth:But soon it will vanish in its own fat.”

“He who is fortunately enlightened [the Sufi]Knows that sophistry is from the devil and love from Adam.”

“The totality of life cannot be understood, so runs Sufi teaching, if it is studied only through the methods which we use in everyday living.”

“MAGHRIBI: Learning is in activity. Learning through words alone is minor activity.”

“SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN:Self-justification is worse than the original offence.”

“It is not Sufism if it does not perform its function for you. A cloak is no longer a cloak if it does not keep a man warm.”

“It is your duty to do your best. It is not, however, your birth-right to prevail.”