People who speak or act in an ordinary fashion are most likely to be those who have been the recipients of higher experiences. But because they do not rage around, wild-eyed, people think that they are very ordinary folk and therefore not aware of anything unknown to the general run of man.

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.

Enemies are often former or potential friends who have been denied - or think that they have been denied - something.

When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts.

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.

Anybody or anything may stand between you and knowledge if you are unfit for it.

When people have a hard task to do - one which stretches them - they become less concerned with trivial matters.