The venerable Ghawth, Khwaja Muhammad Nazim •declared,

"Our way is a way of authority and integrity, and a way that is safe for a seeker to follow.  Because of the high rank that this Path holds among the various ways, the seeker who wishes to follow this path must abandon himself to the discretion, wisdom and understanding of the Sheikh.  Our Grandsheikh often said to me: "O Nazim Efendi, don't put my words and actions in a scale and weigh them.  Don't say, 'Why is that Sheikh saying such-and-such or doing so-and-so'.  If you are thinking and evaluating in such a manner you will never be able to derive any benefit at all from your teacher, and we will leave you on your way and go on ours.  In order to follow us you must follow without judging or objecting.  Only if you can follow in this manner may you come to know anything of our realities...It is an undisputable fact that hidden wisdom may be foud in the actions of the Saints, even if those actions appear to contradict our idea of how things should be done.  For your own good you must learn how you can acquire the attributes necessary to go with such people."