“Aprendan cuánto conocimiento se necesita antes de que podamos ver lo ignorantes que somos.”
“Sufism is the maintaining of States in relation to Objective Truth.”
“I think that this idea, that the materials and self work can take you far enough for other things to kick in, was [Idries] Shah’s innovation, his “big gamble”, to fit a 21st century community of which very few would actually have physical contact with a living teacher.”
“DEBER Ningún deber es innoble. Lo que puede ser innoble es el espectáculo de gente que trata de no ser innoble.”
“Sayings of the Prophet Trust: Trust in God – but tie your camel first.”
“Spirituality is the essence of religion. And there is, again, an essence of spirituality; Sufism is the essence of essences.”
“Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction. A human being may be clinically alive and yet, despite all appearances, spiritually dead.”
“Three Things Three things cannot be retrieved: The arrow once sped from the bow The word spoken in haste The missed opportunity. (Ali the Lion, Caliph of Islam, son-in-law of Mohammed the Prophet),”
“Q: What is a fundamental mistake of man s? A: To think that he is alive, when he has merely fallen asleep in life s waiting-room.”
“Real generosity is anonymous to the extent that a man should be prepared even to be considered ungenerous rather than explain it to others.”
“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, allow the imagination to be freed, and we are charged with the capability of heighetned thought. Learn to use your eyes as if they are your ears, he said, and you become connected with the ancient heritage of man, a dream world for the waking mind.”
“Wisdom is when you understand what, previously, at best you only knew.”
“In a village where everyone has only one leg, the biped will hop about more lamely than anyone else, if he knows what is good for him.”
“If wine is the enemy of religion, I shall devour the enemy of religion.”
“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.”
“Saying of the Prophet. The Bequest: I have nothing to leave you except my family.”