We are here in a wood of little beeches: And the leaves are like black lace Against a sky of nacre. One bough of clear promise Across the moon. It is in this wise that...

Si eres “humilde”, puede ayudarte en tu vida ordinaria. Si no lo eres, no irás a ningún lado respecto a las cosas superiores.

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

The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day.

No ser codicioso es, paradójicamente, la más elevada forma de mirar por los verdaderos intereses de uno.

An educated man believing in a this-that vile sky-god rewarding him-her, but punishing your enemies with hell and fire, is uneducated.

Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions.

El hombre impaciente es su propio enemigo, cierra de golpe la puerta de su propio progreso.

The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.

I know you’re tired but come, this is the way.

To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon.

La persona que tú mismo sientes ser, de acuerdo con los Sufis, es una falsa persona que no tiene una realidad verdadera.

That which is given free is never knowledge. It may be information….but knowledge does not come in that manner.

Not a believer in the mosque am I,Nor a disbeliever with his rites am I.I am not the pure amongst the impure,I am neither Moses nor Pharaoh.Bulleh, I know not who I am.Not in the...

When Fortune knocks, open the door,’ they say. But why should one make fortune knock, by keeping the door shut?

Has recorrido un largo camino, y no lo sabes. Tienes un largo camino por recorrer, y sí sabes lo que eso significa.

The Sufi Islam practiced in northern India is quite different from the Shi’a Islam practiced in Lebannon, which in turn is different from the Sunni Islam practiced in Pakistan. Even within a single branch of...

The institution of teachership is there for this reason, that the learner must learn how to learn.

Aprender a aprender: Decir “sí” a la vía sufi es decir “no” a las fugas imaginadas.

With enough information, it is almost impossible “not” to predict people’s action.

A craftsman pulled a reed from the reedbed,cut holes in it, and called it a human being.Since then, it’s been wailing a tender agonyof parting, never mentioning the skillthat gave it life as a flute

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

Cuando se ejercita la humildad, la gente comienza a advertir que, por así decirlo, no existe en modo alguno.

Three things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity. Ali, the Lion of Islam.

When no one is looking,I swallow deserts and cloudsand chew on mountainsknowing they are sweet bones!When no one is lookingand I want to kiss God,I just lift my own hand to my mouth.

There is a Persian proverb: ‘To test that which has been tested is ignorance.’ To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse.

Cuando la fortuna llama, abre la puerta”, dicen. Pero, ,por qué mantienes la puerta cerrada y obligas a la fortuna a que llame?

If you don’t know how to take care of your own needs, when you try to give to others, you are giving from a bankrupt account.

RemedyYour medicine is in you, and you do not observe it. Your ailment is from yourself, and you do not register it.Hazrat Ali

Las instituciones de estudio se hacen más visibles cuando la cabeza está más vacía de imaginaciones.

A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information….The key is the teacher.

There came one and knocked at the door of the Beloved.And a voice answered and said, ‘Who is there?’The lover replied, ‘It is I.”Go hence,’ returned the voice;’there is no room within for thee and...

If you seek a teacher, try to become a real student. If you want to be a student, try to find a real teacher.

Hay un proverbio persa: “Examinar lo que ha sido examinado es ignorancia”. Intentar examinar algo sin los medios para hacerlo es aún peor.

Feeling important is a vice, not a virtue, however concealed as participation in something noble.

The dance had distilled her and she had become one with the essence of all that is.

If you are ‘humble’, it may help you in ordinary life. If you are not, you will get nowhere in higher things.

Con suficiente información es casi imposible “no” predecir las acciones de la gente.

We are highly susceptible to self destruction when we aren’t doing what we really want with our lives.

Learning how to learn involves examining assumptions. Mulla Nasrudin tales very often fulfil this funcition.

Quien se conoce a sí mismo, conoce a su Dios” significa, entre otras cosas, que el engaño de sí mismo impide el conocimiento.

Only the search for truth is valid, the desire for wisdom the motive. The method is assimilation, not study.

What you seek is seeking you.

If you cannot laugh frequently and genuinely, you have no soul.

La verdadera generosidad es anónima hasta tal punto que un hombre debería estar incluso preparado para ser considerado tacaño antes que tener que explicar sus acciones a otros.

It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis.

No one is born beneath this dance. This dance gives birth to you.

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.

Tres cosas no pueden recuperarse:La flecha una vez que ha partido del arcoLa palabra dicha precipitadamenteLa oportunidad perdida. Ali, el León del Islam.

Ultimately though, we are not responsible for another’s happiness. The unhappy person almost always suffers from self-inflicted pain.