sufis

Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare. But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.

Q: What is a fundamental mistake of man's?A: To think that he is alive, when he has merely fallen asleep in life's waiting-room.

Real generosity is anonymous to the extent that a man should be prepared even to be considered ungenerous rather than explain it to others.

A worshipper perceives that he is near to God because he is awake all night worshipping God. But after worship, your prayers are for health, long life, wealth, and for the damsels and slaves of the Paradise. Ponder! Did you ever pray to God, ___ God, I desire from Thee nothing but Thee_?

TeachingOne hour's teaching is better than a whole night of prayer.

One should not pray if that prayer is vanity.

Show me a person who really knows what 'good' is, and I will show you that he almost never uses the word.

When Fortune knocks, open the door,' they say. But why should one make fortune knock, by keeping the door shut?

Sufism expresses what I have found to be Real.

When you realise the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge

The stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying. It was: 'What do you think I am, stupid, or something?

When you realise the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge.

RemedyYour medicine is in you, and you do not observe it. Your ailment is from yourself, and you do not register it.Hazrat Ali

There can be no spirituality, according to the Sufi masters, without psychology, psychological insight and sociological balance.

Remember the proverb: 'A sign is enough for the alert, but a thousand counsels are not enough for the negligent.

Sufis are those who have expunged from their minds the human tendencies of envy and enmity.

Premature independence is the daughter of conceit.

One of the great Sufis said: 'A saint is a saint unless he knows that he is one.