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“The practice of the Sufis is too sublime to have a formal beginning,”
“The degree of necessity determines the development of organs in man… therefore increase your necessity.”
“ANDAKI: EFFORT IS NOT EFFORT WITHOUT ZAMAN, MAKAN, IKHWAN (RIGHT TIME, RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT PEOPLE).”
“An old fool is worse than a young one: For the young may always grow wise. (Zohair)”
“People talk about ‘service, effort, love, knowledge’. But with knowledge you know what love is, and what it is not.”
“The Sufis have said: ‘The importance of something is in inverse proportion to its attractiveness.”
“Saying of the ProphetStruggleThe holy warrior is he who struggles with himself.”
“Saying of the ProphetHumilityHumility and courtesy are themselves a part of piety.”
“Saying of the ProphetDeathDie before your death.”
“You yourself are your own barrier – rise from within it.”
“DeathIf he is a good man, death will be a release;If he is a bad one, it will release others from him.”
“Saying of the ProphetSleepSleep is the brother of death.”
“They have fixed our nutrition and arranged our life-span. More than this, and ahead of this, efforts will not be productive.”
“Make mankind your dwelling place.”
“Trying to force something is the best way to stop it from happening.”
“If you assume that it is there, you will generally not be far off the truth…”
“Sufism is transmitted by means of the human exemplar, the teacher.”
“Laziness - The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.”
“Mediation - Before you learn how to meditate, you must unlearn what you think meditation might be.”
“The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk. As Prince Dara Shikoh says, in a Persian poem: Do you wish to be included with the Lords of Sight? From speech (then)...”
