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“Saying of the ProphetThe JudgeA man appointed to be a judge has been killed without a knife.”
“Saying of the ProphetAngerYou ask for a piece of advice. I tell you: 'Do not get angry.' He is strong who can withhold anger.”
“Saying of the ProphetEnvyEnvy devours good deeds, as a fire devours fuel.”
“The tongue is the best masseur of furrowed brows.”
“The barren branches may appear inelegant: They are, to the cook, the means to make his fire.”
“None should say: ‘I can trust,’ or ‘I cannot trust’ until he is master of the option, of trusting or not trusting.”
“The lightning said to the oak tree: ‘Stand aside, or take what is coming to you!”
“However fast you run, or however skilfully, you can’t run away from your own feet.”
“Most of the supposedly Sufi organizations, exercises and “orders” are in fact only of archaeological interest.”
“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 stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying. It was: 'What do you think I am, stupid, or something?”
“The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.”
“When Fortune knocks, open the door,' they say. But why should one make fortune knock, by keeping the door shut?”
“The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.”
“Show me a person who really knows what 'good' is, and I will show you that he almost never uses the word.”
“Knowledge is something which you can use. Belief is something which uses you.”
“If a Manx cat tells you that it is trying to preserve its long, beautiful tail, you don't have to believe it - especially if you have eyes.”
“TeachingOne hour's teaching is better than a whole night of prayer.”
“While you’re hating your life just because you can’t get what you want, someone is praying to have a life like yours..!!”
“Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare. But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.”
