He wept when they appointed him judge. The deputy asked, “Why do [you] cry? This is the time to rejoice.”
“How can I who does not know decide between two who know?”
“Accept no bribe,” the deputy said. “Then you will know. Do not give in to desire; it will make you blind. Since I turned from vain desires, my heart has become like a mirror bright. It recognizes truth from untruth.”
- Rumi, “Mathnawi,” 2:2744-46, 2753-55