I seek refuge in Thee from every hope which would distract me.

People praise you for what they suppose is in you; but you must blame your soul for what you know is in it.

So long as you are in this world, be not surprised at the existence of sorrows.

When the invocation descends into the heart, if there is darkness within, it illuminates it; and if there is already light, the invocation increases the light and intensifies it.

When the heart becomes empty, the mimbar of the Divine Oneness is placed therein and the sultan of gnosis sits upon it.

It may well be that you are in a bad state, but to keep company with someone worse than you would allow to see good in yourself.

He whose wealth or children distract him from remembering God is lost; but the one who remembers God experiences delights sweeter than the pleasure of food and drink.