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

If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.

We view Sufism not as an ideology that molds people to the right way of belief or action, but as an art or science that can exert a beneficial influence on individuals and societies, in accordance with the needs of those individuals and societies ... Sufi study and development gives one capacities one did not have before.

The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.

A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence.

When the Higher Man does something worthy of admiration, it is an evidence of his Mastership, not the object of it.

If you are uninterested in what I say, there's an end to it. If you like what I say, please try to understand which previous influences have made you like it. If you like some of the things I say, and dislike others, you could try to understand why. If you dislike all I say, why not try to find out what formed your attitude?