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

Angels are the powers hidden in the faculties and organs of man

Saying of the ProphetThe TongueA man slips with his tongue more than with his feet.

Saying of the ProphetOppressionWhen oppression exists, even the bird dies in its nest.

Day and NightThe night is long: do not shorten it by sleep. The day is fair: do not darken it with wrongdoing.

That which is capable of perceiving objective reality is, in Sufism, the human soul (ruh).

All forms are limited. Some of the limitations are time, place, culture, language.

Three ThingsThree things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity.(Ali the Lion, Caliph of Islam, son-in-law of Mohammed the Prophet),

When prayer, rituals and ascetic life are just a means of self-indulgence, they are harmful rather than beneficial.