sufism

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

The colour of the water seems to be the colour of the glass into which it has been poured

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.

When humility is exercised, people begin to realise that they do not, as it were, exist at all.

Laziness is always your fault. It is the sign that a man has persevered in uselessness for too long.

A Sufi is alive to the value of time, and is given, every moment, to what that moment demands.

The Sufi is one who does what others do _ when it is necessary. He is also one who does what others cannot do _ when it is indicated.

The lightning said to the oak tree: __tand aside, or take what is coming to you!

The tongue is the best masseur of furrowed brows.

Most of the supposedly Sufi organizations, exercises and __rders_ are in fact only of archaeological interest.

if... says: 'Do not be greedy, be generous', you may inwardly interpret this in such a manner that you will develop a greed for generosity

Greed harms you: generosity helps you. This is why it has been said: 'Greed is the mother of incapacity'.