The would-be Sufi needs guidance precisely because books, texts, while telling you what is needed, do not tell you when.

Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions.

The secret of Sufism is that it has no secret at all'.

When a belief becomes more than an instrument, you are lost. You remain lost until you learn what 'belief' is really for.

Premature independence is the daughter of conceit.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

No practice exists in isolation.

If your desire for 'good' is based on greed, it is not good, but greed.

Anybody or anything may stand between you and knowledge if you are unfit for it.

Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.

If you really want to learn, do not be surprised if someone tries to teach you. And do not lightly reject the method.

But the sad truth is that the truth is sad, and what you want does not matter

Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity.

Pain lays not its touch upon a corpse.

The artist makes art not to save mankind but to save himself. Every benevolent comment by an artist is a fog to cover his tracks, the bloody trail of his assault against reality and others.

There is no sociology worthy of the name which does not possess a historical character.

Those who love to be feared, fear to be loved. Some fear them, but they fear everyone.

Men come and go but bills are forever.

The more recent effort to encourage everyone to pray in common involves so many people.

Grim sighed heavily. "I swear I'm getting a migraine." "My mom suffers from those a lot, too." "Being around you, I imagine she does.

You never have to be scared of the trials but of standing alone in the trials without shelter (Allah's help).