“If I had but two loaves of bread, I would sell one and buy hyacinths, for they would feed my soul.”

“If thou of fortune be bereft, and in thy store there be but left two loaves, sell one, and with the dole, buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.”

“Man needs bread and hyacinths: one to feed the body, and one to feed the soul.”

“Of whomsoever I had been Master (Mawla), Ali here is to be his Master. O Allah, be a supporter of whoever supports him (Ali) and an enemy of whoever opposes him.”

“I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.”

“When no one is looking,I swallow deserts and cloudsand chew on mountainsknowing they are sweet bones!When no one is lookingand I want to kiss God,I just lift my own hand to my mouth.”

“I am what I am; Not because I like myself but because I don't have the courage to change.”