As frequently happens in Sufi stories, Mullah acts out and exaggerates a certain habit of mind in which many of us engage. We are so busy looking at how much we are getting right now that we don't notice how we've used what we've already received. In such a frame of mind, more is never enough — whether it's love, knowledge, or wealth — because our bucket has no bottom.
— Neil Douglas-Klotz, The Sufi Book of Life