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 man who tries to prove his belief superior to the faith of another, does not know the meaning of religion.

The secret of life is balance, and the absence of balance is life's destruction.

His constant fight is with the Nafs (self-interest), the root of all disharmony and the only enemy of man. By crushing this enemy man gains mastery over himself; this wins for him mastery over the whole universe, because the wall standing between the self and the Almighty has been broken down. Gentleness, mildness, respect, humility, modesty, self-denial, conscientiousness, tolerance and forgiveness are considered by the Sufi as the attributes which produce harmony within one's own soul as well as within that of another.

He who with sincerity seeks his real purpose in life is himself sought by that purpose.

To bring the sublime into the mundane is the greatest challenge there is.

Living in the world without insight into the hidden laws of nature is like not knowing the language of the country in which one was born.