Premature independence is the daughter of conceit.
Anybody or anything may stand between you and knowledge if you are unfit for it.
It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis.
The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.
He that is purified by love is pure; and he that is absorbed in the Beloved and hath abandoned all else is a Sufi.Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah.
You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean.