A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.

The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love.

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.

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.

Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.

Knowledge is something which you can use. Belief is something which uses you.

... when we are talking about 'Christians' and 'Moslems' we must first make sure that we are talking about people who have an idea, which should be more or less correct, as to what the other is supposed to believe and what he is expected to do as a consequence of that belief.