“Dijo el rayo al roble: “¡Apártate o aguanta lo que te viene!”
“La herrumbre nunca se volvió blanca al lavarla.”
“The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces.”
“Haste is from the Devil.”
“The harshness of a teacher is better than the reputed softness of the parent.”
“La aspereza de un maestro es mejor que la supuesta ternura de un padre.”
“Your magic talisman is powerful: but are you a Solomon to make it work?”
“No surgeon can treat the wounds of the tongue.”
“Very often, people believe they are doing “significant” things when they merely want an interchange of attention.”
“The false student is the one whose eyes are fixed upon heaven because his feet are planted in mud.”
“It is the distinguishing of irrelevance from relevance which marks the Sufi enterprise.”
“Better to quarrel with a friend than to support enemies.”
“The mine is always bigger than the gem.”
“El falso estudiante es aquel cuyos ojos están fijos en el cielo porque sus pies están hundidos en el barro.”
“What is known to be tyranny to the superior man may appear to be justice to the ordinary one.”
“None meets harm who knows his capacity.”
“Es el distinguir lo irrelevante de lo relevante lo que identifica a la empresa Sufi. #ViaSufi”