"Sufism is known by means of itself."

"The colour of the water seems to be the colour of the glass into which it has been poured"

"The colour of the water seems to be the colour of the glass into which it has been poured'."

"Sufism is therefore not 'Do as I say and not as I do', or even 'Do as I do', but 'Experience it and you will know'."

"There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse."

"Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them."

"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."

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

"Saying of the ProphetDesireDesire not the world, and God will love you. Desire not what others have, and they will love you."