... when we are talking about 'Christians' and 'Moslems' we must first make sure that we are talking about people who have an idea, which should be more or less correct, as to what the other is supposed to believe and what he is expected to do as a consequence of that belief.

Learn to be as analytical about things of which you are credulous as you are of those which you criticise.

Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

Knowledge is something which you can use. Belief is something which uses you.

Like the bat, the Sufi is asleep to 'things of the day' - the familiar struggle for existence which the ordinary man finds all-important - and vigilant while others are asleep. In other words, he keeps awake the spiritual attention dormant in others. That 'mankind sleeps in a nightmare of unfulfillment' is a commonplace of Sufi literature

The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.