If You Want To Strengthen An Enemy

When People Have A Hard Task To Do - One Which Stretches Them - They Become Less Concerned With Trivial Matters.

If You Want To Make An Ordinary Man Happy, Or Think That He Is Happy, Give Him Money, Power, Flattery, Gifts, Honours. If You Want To Make A Wise Man Happy - Improve Yourself!

If You Give What Can Be Taken, You Are Not Really Giving. Take What You Are Given, Not What You Want To Be Given. Give What Cannot Be Taken.

Talking About Straws And Camels' Backs Is Just One Way Of Approaching Things. If You Have Enough Camels, No Backs Need Be Broken.

It Is The Message, Not The Man, Which Is Important To The Sufis.