The learned person who only talks will never Penetrate to the inner heart of humans.
Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information.
The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.
It is not only a matter of not caring who knows - it is also a matter of knowing who cares.
If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.
If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flattery, gifts, honours. If you want to make a wise man happy - improve yourself!