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

Meditation - Before you learn how to meditate, you must unlearn what you think meditation might be.

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.

Effort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.

People today are in danger of drowning in information; but, because they have been taught that information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be. If they could handle information, they would not have to drown at all.

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

If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flattery, gifts, honours. If you want to make a wise man happy - improve yourself!