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Discourses of Rumi

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184 V DISCOURSES OF RUMI<strong>of</strong> their love springs conversation with the king,and knowing his mind and heart. What is knowledge<strong>of</strong> the king’s laws, compared with knowingthe ruler himself, his mind and heart? There is avast difference.The Sufis and their various teachings are like aschool with many scholars. The headmaster payseach scholar according to their qualifications, givingto one ten, the next twenty, another thirty. Wetoo dispense our words according to everyone’sdegree and qualification. “Speaking to eachaccording to the degree <strong>of</strong> their understanding.”

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