“The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces.”

“It is axiomatic that the attempt to become a Sufi through a desire for personal power as normally understood will not succeed.”

“The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.”

“Take the wheat, not the measure in which it is contained”

“I am an idol worshipper; for I understand what idol worship means, and the idolater does not.”

“The basic urge toward mysticism is never, in the unaltered man, clear enough to be recognized for what it is.”

“My father used to tell me that stories offer the listener a chance to escape but, more importantly, he said, they provide people with a chance to maximize their minds. Suspend ordinary constraints,...”

“Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud.”

“Imagination blocks you like a bolt on a door. Burn that bar. (Rumi)”

“Q: How can I help myself?A: By remembering the proverb: The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service, from Saadi.”

“Q: How can I help myself?A: By remembering the proverb: ‘The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service’, from Saadi.”

“SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN:Self-justification is worse than the original offence.”

“It is not Sufism if it does not perform its function for you. A cloak is no longer a cloak if it does not keep a man warm.”

“It is your duty to do your best. It is not, however, your birth-right to prevail.”