The Sufi Way Is Through Knowledge And

To Be Obsessed By The Idea Of Freedom, For Instance, Is Itself A Form Of Slavery. Such People Are In The Chains Of The Hope Of Freedom, And Are Therefore Able To Do Little Else Than Struggle With Them.

Sometimes A Pessimist Is Only An Optimist With Extra Information.

Like The Bat, The Sufi Is Asleep To 'things Of The Day' - The Familiar Struggle For Existence Which The Ordinary Man Finds All-important - And Vigilant While Others Are Asleep. In Other Words, He Keeps Awake The Spiritual Attention Dormant In Others. That 'mankind Sleeps In A Nightmare Of Unfulfillment' Is A Commonplace Of Sufi Literature

When People Have A Hard Task To Do - One Which Stretches Them - They Become Less Concerned With Trivial Matters.

Banality Is Like Boredom: Bored People Are Boring People, People Who Think That Things Are Banal Are Themselves Banal. Interesting People Can Find Something Interesting In All Things.