sufis

As the Eastern saying, by the sage Hilali, has it, 'one person who understands is worth a hundred who merely obey a custom.

Contrary to Expectation. A wise man, the wonder of his age, taught his disciples from a seemingly inexhaustible store of wisdom. He attributed all his knowledge to a thick tome which was kept in a place of honour in his room. The sage would allow nobody to open the volume. When he died, those who had surrounded him, regarding themselves as his heirs, ran to open the book, anxious to possess what it contained. They were surprised, confused and disappointed when they found that there was writing on only one page. They became even more bewildered and then annoyed when they tried to penetrate the meaning of the phrase which met their eyes. It was: 'When you realise the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge.

Whoever might perfume a scorpionWill not thereby escape its sting. Bahaudin Naqshband

Abu-Yaqub al-Susi: the Sufi is 'One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to seek for what he has not.

Nothing can defile the Sufi, and he in fact purifies everything._ Abu-Turab al-Nakhsabi.

Debating whether one trusts or not is a sign that one does not want to trust at all, and therefore is still incapable of it.

Hazrat Ali, in a saying attributed to him, says: __an is in disguise, covered by his tongue_.

A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information.

Hariri says, in his Maqamat: __afety is on the river__ BANK.

The definition of the word 'finished' is: 'This word means finished.

You will never reach Mecca, I fear: for you are on the road to Turkestan.

Whoever gives knowledge to a fool loses itAnd who keeps it from the deserving does wrong.

A stolen kiss is not easily returned.

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.

The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss.

Satisfaction is a treasure which does not decay.Proverb

When you feel least interested in following the Way which you have entered, this may be the time when it is most appropriate for you.

The bowl is warmer than the soup.