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.

One day we will all wear a garment which has no pockets...

It is no accident that Sufis find that they can connect most constructively with people who are well integrated into the world, as well as having higher aims, and that those who adopt a sensible attitude towards society and life as generally known can usually absorb Sufi teachings very well indeed

To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions; and not to try to avoid what is your lot.

Saadi’s dictum, in the Bostan: ‘The Path is not in the rosary, the prayer-mat and the robe

Saying of the ProphetDeathDie before your death.

Saying of the ProphetSleepSleep is the brother of death.

DeathIf he is a good man, death will be a release;If he is a bad one, it will release others from him.

What you are seeking in your retreat, I see clearly in every road and alleyway.