sufism

Progress comes through capacity to learn, and is irresistible.

Saying of the ProphetInk and BloodThe ink of the learned is holier than the blood of the martyr.

Opportunity's precious, and time is a sword.

Learn about hornets from those who have been stung by them.

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.

The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.

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

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

Crucially we haven't been figuring out how to live in oneness, with the Earth & every other living thing; we have just been insanely trying to figure out how to live with each other, billions of each other, only we're not living with each other our crazy selves are living with each other, and perpetuating an epidemic of disconnection.

The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.