sufis

Take the straight path, even if it is long: marry no widow, even if she is a houri.

Sufism is experience, and hence not to be defined _ imprisoned _ in perennial, static categories.

The people of the world have a fixed destiny. But the spiritually developed receive what is __ot_ in their destiny.

Everything man needs is in the world.

That which is given free is never knowledge. It may be information....but knowledge does not come in that manner.

Eat what you desire, but dress like other people.

None meets harm who knows his capacity.

When sense has left a head, it should be called a tail.

THE BIRD AND THE WATERA bird which has not heard of fresh waterDips his beak in salt-water year after year.(Anwar-i-Suhaili)

Even if false gold makes a man happy:At the mint it will be identified.

Do not dwell upon whether you will put yourself into the hands of a teacher. You are always in his hands.

The skilled artisan uses the same iron to make a horseshoeAs he does for a polished mirror for the King.

A short time in the presence of the Friends (the Sufis) is better than a hundred years_ sincere, obedient dedication.

Better the demon which makes you improve than the angel who threatens.

As Ibn Arabi says: __bsolute existence is the source of all existence_.

You make me a sinner if you stop me giving you hospitality.

The sort of man who, throwing a stone upon the ground, would miss.

Knowledge. How curious that a man who closes his hand upon air so often thinks that he has a ruby within his grasp.