If anybody asks what Sufism is, what kind of religion is it, the answer is that Sufism is the religion of the heart, the religion in which the thing of primary importance is to seek God in the heart of mankind.

Resignation is a quality of the saintly souls.

The existence of illness in the body may no doubt be called a shadow of the true illness which is held by man in his mind.

The solution to the problem of the day is the awakening of the consciousness of humanity to the divinity within.

Prayer from the depth and prayer from the surface are two prayers. One can utter what Christ has called 'vain repetitions', just repeating the prayer; one does not fix one's mind on the meaning of the prayer. If the depth of one's heart has heard the prayer, God has heard it.

I have seen all souls as my soul, and realized my soul as the soul of all.

God breaks the heart again and again and again until it stays open.