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.