“The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.”
― Sufi Thought and Action: An Anthology of Important Papers
― Sufi Thought and Action: An Anthology of Important Papers
“To be obsessed by the idea of freedom, for instance, is itself a form of slavery. Such people are in the chains of the hope of freedom, and are therefore able to do little else than struggle with them.”
― Reflections
― Reflections
“One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts.”
― Sufi Thought and Action: An Anthology of Important Papers
― Sufi Thought and Action: An Anthology of Important Papers
“If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flattery, gifts, honours. If you want to make a wise man happy - improve yourself!”
― Reflections
― Reflections
“A motto of the human race: Let me do as I like, and give me approval as well.”
― Reflections
― Reflections
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