RUMI : MATHNAWI,11,810

I HAVE NOT SEEN IN THE WORLD OF TRIAL AND PROBATION ANY NOBLER QUALITY OF CHARACTER THAN GOOD HUMOR.

Courtesy

Rather than persistence in service, service consists of courtesy (adab). Observance of courtesy in the course of service is better than service itself. --- Munazil in 'Attar Tadhikirat, 541'

GHAZALI

"Is Satan doctor of the law,and highly intelligent?" Hasan Basri--peace be upon him--was asked. "Yes., indeed," he said."If Satan were not a shrewd doctor of the law, how could he ever have succeeded in leading so many theologians and clever thinkers astray!"
GHAZALI in Nurbakhsh: Hasan Basri, 191.

Lack of Moral education

To impart moral education side by side with other subjects the translation of books like Gulistan of Sheikh Sa'di, Bostan and Mathnavi of Maulana Rumi etc.needs to be made available to the students as an optional subject to enable them to face the world with honesty, dedication and other adjectives. These books cover the subjects like kindness, love to all and hate to none, in praise of education,justice,prayer, thanksgiving,patience,truth, besides cursing greed,cruelty,falsehood,pride,ignorance,miserliness etc.

Rumi: Mathnawi,VI:845

SERVICE
For GOD's pleasure you should do your service,
Why care whether you bear praise or blame?
(Mathnavi Rumi VI: 845)

UNLESS A benefit exists for someone else within,
buried in such a heart,
rough-hewn granite
and precious stones are one.
Sa'di: Kulliyat-i-Sa'di, 232.