Anyone can see that an ass laden with books remains a donkey. A human being laden with the undigested results of a tussle with thoughts and books, however, still passes for wise.

One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.

You need not wonder whether you should have an unreliable person as a friend. An unreliable person is nobody's friend.

The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love.

But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try, for instance, lifting yourself up by the bootstraps.

Christian scholars often say that Sufi theories are close to those of Christianity. Many Moslems maintain that they are essentially derived from Islam. The resemblance of many Sufi ideas to those of several religious and esoteric systems are sometimes taken as evidence of derivation. The Islamic interpretation is that religion is of one origin, differences being due to local or historical causes.

If your desire for 'good' is based on greed, it is not good, but greed.