The Sufis Believe That They Can Experience

Enemies Are Often Former Or Potential Friends Who Have Been Denied - Or Think That They Have Been Denied - Something.

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.

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

One Can Give Or Withhold In A Manner Far More Effective, Sophisticated, Useful, Which Is Quite Invisible To People Who Think That Giving Or Withholding Is Done By External Assessment. If You Seek Some Mark Of Favour Or 'promotion', Know That You Are Not Ready For It. Progress Comes Through Capacity To Learn, And Is Irresistible. Nobody Can Stand Between You And Knowledge If You Are Fit For It.

When The Ignorant Have Become Numerous Or Powerful Enough, They Have Been Referred To By A Special Name. This Names Is 'the Wise'.