All Quotes By Tag: Sufism
“Man is the microcosm, creation the macrocosm — the unity. All comes from One.”
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“The intellect is not sovereign: knowledge is.”
“Put your dough into the oven when it is hot:After making sure that it is in fact dough.”
“People generally deal with situations by means of assumptions.”
“My father used to tell me that stories offer the listener a chance to escape but, more importantly, he said, they provide people with a chance to maximize their minds. Suspend ordinary constraints, allow the imagination to be freed, and we are charged with the capability of heighetned thought.Learn to use your eyes as if they are your ears, he said, and you become connected with the ancient heritage of man, a dream world for the waking mind.”
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“If wine is the enemy of religion, I shall devour the enemy of religion.”
“It is not Sufism if it does not perform its function for you. A cloak is no longer a cloak if it does not keep a man warm.”
“The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces.”
“Haste is from the Devil.”
“SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN:Self-justification is worse than the original offence.”
“Wisdom is when you understand what, previously, at best you only knew.”
“In a village where everyone has only one leg, the biped will hop about more lamely than anyone else, if he knows what is good for him.”
“Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaA fool: A man trying to be honest with the dishonest.”