It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis.

Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.

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.

When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts.

Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information.

Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.

The main problem is that most commentators are accustomed to thinking of spiritual schools as 'systems', which are more or less alike, and which depend upon dogma and ritual: and especially upon repetition and the application of continual and standardised pressures upon their followers.The Sufi way, except in degenerate forms which are not to be classified as Sufic, is entirely different from this.