Much travel is needed before the raw man is ripened.
Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams.
“Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza.Poverty: The result of marriage.”
“Haste is from the Devil.”
“Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud.”
“Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaEmotionalist:A man or woman who thinks he has experienced the divine.”
“You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude.”
“Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaIntellectual: One who knows no craft.”
“Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk.”
“The candle burned the moth:But soon it will vanish in its own fat.”
“Satisfaction is a treasure which does not decay.Proverb”
“Have the nature of a dervish: then wear a stylish cap.”
“Better the demon which makes you improve than the angel who threatens.”
“He who is fortunately enlightened [the Sufi]Knows that sophistry is from the devil and love from Adam.”
“The totality of life cannot be understood, so runs Sufi teaching, if it is studied only through the methods which we use in everyday living.”
“MAGHRIBI: Learning is in activity. Learning through words alone is minor activity.”