One of the great Sufis said: 'A saint is a saint unless he knows that he is one.

What you have to learn is how to find the unworldly in everything.

Sufism is experiential. Capacities, even those for learning beyond a certain point, are provoked by Sufis, by one's own efforts and what results from them, and by an element of what is referred to by Sufis as the Divine.

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.

Remember that greed includes greed for being not greedy.

if... says: 'Do not be greedy, be generous', you may inwardly interpret this in such a manner that you will develop a greed for generosity

Virtually all organisations known to you work largely by means of your greed. They attract you because... they appeal to your greed.

Greed harms you: generosity helps you. This is why it has been said: 'Greed is the mother of incapacity'.

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