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

It is not only a matter of not caring who knows - it is also a matter of knowing who cares.

Please, not again what you studied, how long you spent at it, how many books you wrote, what people thought of you - but: what did you learn?

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

Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.

There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.