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“Even if a single day in your life is the same as the day before, it surely is a pity. At every moment and with each new breath, one should be renewed and renewed again. There is only one way to be born into a new life: to die before death.”

“…one way or another, we are all faced with incidents that teach us how to become less selfish and judgmental, and more compassionate and generous…. The only way to get closer to Truth is to expand your heart so that it will encompass all humanity and still have room for more Love.”

“Motivated by neither the fear of punishment in hell nor the desire to be rewarded in heaven, Sufis love God simply because they love Him, pure and easy, untainted and nonnegotiable.

Love is the reason. Love is the goal.”

“They make it seem as if the two religions are a world apart. But if you ask me, when it comes tkt he basics, ordinary Christians and ordinary Muslims have more in common with each other than with their own scholars.”

“Real filth is the one inside. The rest simply washes off. There is only one type of dirt that cannot be cleansed with pure waters, and that is the stain of hatred and bigotry contaminating the soul. You can purify your body through abstinence and fasting, but only love will purify your heart.”

“But knowledge is like brackish water at the bottom of an old vase unless it flows somewhere.”