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Fettered feet in the presence of friends is better than living in a garden with strangers.


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The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.

The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.



It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis.

It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis.



The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete.

The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete.



The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces.

The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces.



Sufism, " according to the Sufi, "is an adventure in living, necessary adventure.

Sufism, " according to the Sufi, "is an adventure in living, necessary adventure.



Religion, for instance, cannot be accepted or rejected out of hand, until the student knows exactly what religion means.

Religion, for instance, cannot be accepted or rejected out of hand, until the student knows exactly what religion means.



It is axiomatic that the attempt to become a Sufi through a desire for personal power as normally understood will not succeed.

It is axiomatic that the attempt to become a Sufi through a desire for personal power as normally understood will not succeed.



Take the wheat, not the measure in which it is contained

Take the wheat, not the measure in which it is contained



The basic urge toward mysticism is never, in the unaltered man, clear enough to be recognized for what it is.

The basic urge toward mysticism is never, in the unaltered man, clear enough to be recognized for what it is.



among roses, be a rose, among thorns, be a thorn

among roses, be a rose, among thorns, be a thorn





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