If You Want To Strengthen An Enemy

Materialism, Attachment To Things Of The World, Includes Pride. Many Religious People Suffer From Pride: Taking Pleasure Or Even Delight In Being Good, Or Religious.

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.

When Fortune Knocks, Open The Door,' They Say. But Why Should One Make Fortune Knock, By Keeping The Door Shut?

If, From Time To Time, You Give Up Expectation, You Will Be Able To Perceive What It Is You Are Getting.

It Is The Message, Not The Man, Which Is Important To The Sufis.