People talk about ‘service, effort, love, knowledge’. But with knowledge you know what love is, and what it is not.

A Sufi has a right to be served, but he has no right to demand. Maruf Karkhi of Khorasan

Helping othersI order you to assist any oppressed person, whether he is a Moslem or not.

Make mankind your dwelling place.

The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service

Saadi’s dictum, in the Bostan: ‘The Path is not in the rosary, the prayer-mat and the robe