The True Man of God

That is the true man of God, who sits in the midst of his fellowmen, and rises up and eats and sleeps and buys and sells and gives and takes in the bazaars amongst other people, and who marries and has social intercourse with other folk, and yet is never for one moment forgetful of God.

--Abu Said ibn Abi'l Khayr (d. 1048, tr. Margaret Smith)