Christian scholars often say that Sufi theories are close to those of Christianity. Many Moslems maintain that they are essentially derived from Islam. The resemblance of many Sufi ideas to those of several religious and esoteric systems are sometimes taken as evidence of derivation. The Islamic interpretation is that religion is of one origin, differences being due to local or historical causes.

MAN: Kick him-he'll forgive you. Flatter him-he may or may not see through you. But ignore him and he'll hate you

None should say: 'I can trust' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting or not trusting.

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

History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant.

The Sufi is One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to seek for what he has not.

Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction. A human being may be clinically alive and yet, despite all appearances, spiritually dead.