The major barrier to understanding is wishful thinking and following that which pleases one.

Saying of the ProphetThe JudgeA man appointed to be a judge has been killed without a knife.

The barren branches may appear inelegant: They are, to the cook, the means to make his fire.

Saying of the ProphetPracticeWho are the learned? Those who put into practice what they know.

Saying of the ProphetLoveDo you think you love your Creator? Love your fellow-creature first.

In the realm of Greater Understanding, the workshop is dismantled after the work is finished.

A Sufi is alive to the value of time, and is given, every moment, to what that moment demands.

I longed to teach, but I had to wait until the desire had left me before I could really do so.

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

When you realise the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge

When humility is exercised, people begin to realise that they do not, as it were, exist at all.

Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests.

When you realise the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge.

Saying of the ProphetObligation to LearnThe pursuit of knowledge is obligatory on every Muslim.

Saying of the ProphetTHE PEOPLEIt is the people who are God's family.(Muhammad the Prophet)