When The Mind Is Still, We Can

Patience Can't Be Acquired Overnight. It Is Just Like Building Up A Muscle. Every Day You Need To Work On It.

Whatever We Have Done, We Can Always Make Amends For It Without Ever Looking Back In Guilt Or Sorrow.

The Sufis Advise Us To Speak Only After Our Words Have Managed To Pass Through Three Gates. At The First Gate, We Ask Ourselves, 'are These Words True?' If So, We Let Them Pass On; If Not, Back They Go. At The Second Gate, We Ask, 'are The Necessary?' At The Last Gate, We Ask, 'are They Kind?'

Every Angry Thought Makes It A Little Easier To Get Angry The Next Time, And A Little More Likely.

Don't Think The Purpose Of Meditation Is To Go Deep Into Consciousness, Wrap A Blanket Around Yourself, And Say, 'how Cozy! I'm Going To Curl Up In Here By Myself; Let The World Burn.' Not At All. We Go Deep Into Meditation So That We Can Reach Out Further And Further To The World Outside.