sufism

None should say: __ can trust,_ or __ cannot trust_ until he is master of the option, of trusting or not trusting.

Sufism, they say, is that which enables one to understand religion, irrespective of its current outward form.

However fast you run, or however skilfully, you can__ run away from your own feet.

Saying of the ProphetUnderstandingSpeak to everyone in accordance with his degree of understanding.

Saying of the ProphetEnvyEnvy devours good deeds, as a fire devours fuel.

Poor greedy one, wherever he runs He's after food, and death is after him.(Saadi)

He discards a quilt for fear of bugs.

In the realm of Greater Understanding, the workshop is dismantled after the work is finished.

A man must be a Salomon before his magical ring will work

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaPenitent: Someone who has been made incapable of enjoying himself.

The process of learning is the process of discovering what really exists.

In the distorting mirror of your mind, an angel can seem to have a devil's face.

To bind one free man with love is better than to release a thousand slaves.

Saying of the ProphetAngerYou ask for a piece of advice. I tell you: 'Do not get angry.' He is strong who can withhold anger.

The barren branches may appear inelegant: They are, to the cook, the means to make his fire.

The door of illumination is open to those for whom other doors are closed.

Saying of the ProphetThe JudgeA man appointed to be a judge has been killed without a knife.

Because sugar is not arsenic, many graves are full.