The Way Of The Sufis Cannot Be

The Main Problem Is That Most Commentators Are Accustomed To Thinking Of Spiritual Schools As 'systems', Which Are More Or Less Alike, And Which Depend Upon Dogma And Ritual: And Especially Upon Repetition And The Application Of Continual And Standardised Pressures Upon Their Followers.the Sufi Way, Except In Degenerate Forms Which Are Not To Be Classified As Sufic, Is Entirely Different From This.

A Generous Person May Not Have Wisdom: But, Unlike Others, He Has The Means To Gain It.

Man (and Woman) Has An Infinite Capacity For Self-development. Equally, He Has An Infinite Capacity For Self-destruction. A Human Being May Be Clinically Alive And Yet, Despite All Appearances, Spiritually Dead.

Premature Independence Is The Daughter Of Conceit.

Exercise Power By Means Of Kindness, And You May Be Causing More Damage Than You Could By Cruelty. Neither Approach Is Correct.