sufis

Whoever has taught me one letter has made me his slave.

EPITAPH OF JALALUDIN RUMIWhen we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men.

No colour comes after black.

You may be able to get the bone down your throat But if it reaches your stomach it will tear your navel.(Gulistan)

If you want to be a calligrapher, write, and write, and write.

Those who say __ am ready to learn_, or __ am not ready to learn_ are as often mistaken as they are correct in their surmise.

To Him who has sense, a sign is enoughFor the heedless, however, a thousand expositions are not enough.

No surgeon can treat the wounds of the tongue.

Be kind to the hawk and harm the sparrow.

Whoever has not first dug a well, should not steal a minaret.

Continuously, in commemoration of the FriendWe drank wine, even before the creation of the vine.

The great poet Hafiz says that you should dye your prayer-carpet with wine if your teacher tells you to do so.

I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages.

Brave is the thief who carries a lamp in his hand.

Understanding and knowledge are completely different sensations in the realm of Truth than they are in the realm of society.

THE HEAVENSTo the mallet of the Highest MindThe heavens are the smallest possible ball.(Akhlaq-i-Mohsini)

Do not tell your secrets to everyone in this headquarters, Earth. We have surveyed it well. There was nobody to whom to entrust secrets.

Sufi Teachers are not, as you might hope, people who make you feel peace and harmony.