The more wakeful a man is to the things which surround him, the more asleep is he, and his waking is worse than his sleep.

There is a succession of experiences which together constitute the educational and developmental ripening of the learner, according to the Sufis. People who think that each gain is the goal itself will freeze at any such stage, and cannot learn through successive and superseding lessons.

He that is purified by love is pure; and he that is absorbed in the Beloved and hath abandoned all else is a Sufi.Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah.

If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.

Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.

No practice exists in isolation.

You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean.