Expressions of religious or other feeling derive their only value from the state of mind from which they proceed. Every expression is the sign of a state of mind. That state is a hand, the expression an instrument. A goldsmith’s instruments in the hand of a cobbler are as grains of wheat sown on sand. The tools of a cobbler in the hand of a cultivator are as grass before a dog or bones before an ass.

The words, “I am the Truth” were light in Mansur’s mouth. In the mouth of Pharaoh “I am Lord Supreme” was blasphemy.