The Way Of The Sufis Cannot Be

Premature Independence Is The Daughter Of Conceit.

There Is A Succession Of Experiences Which Together Constitute The Educational And Developmental Ripening Of The Learner, According To The Sufis. People Who Think That Each Gain Is The Goal Itself Will Freeze At Any Such Stage, And Cannot Learn Through Successive And Superseding Lessons.

A Certain Person May Have, As You Say, A Wonderful Presence; I Do Not Know. What I Do Know Is That He Has A Perfectly Delightful Absence.

The More You Look At 'common Knowledge', The More You Realise That It Is More Likely To Be Common Than It Is To Be Knowledge. No Real Knowledge Is Common.

Enlightenment Must Come Little By Little - Otherwise It Would Overwhelm.