To say “yes” to the Sufi way is to say “no” to imagined escapes.

You must know everything that God has forbidden you so as to be able to avoid it, for the one who does not recognize evil falls into it.

Show me a person who really knows what ‘good’ is, and I will show you that he almost never uses the word.

La mayor barrera para la comprensión es el pensamiento anhelante y seguir lo que a uno le gusta.

Great men are great until they know it. Saints are holy until they know it.

The impatient man is his own enemy; he slams the door on his own progress.

The major barrier to understanding is wishful thinking and following that which pleases one.