The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.

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

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

A real secret is something which only one person knows.

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.

The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.

Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious.