If You Want To Strengthen An Enemy

We View Sufism Not As An Ideology That Molds People To The Right Way Of Belief Or Action, But As An Art Or Science That Can Exert A Beneficial Influence On Individuals And Societies, In Accordance With The Needs Of Those Individuals And Societies ... Sufi Study And Development Gives One Capacities One Did Not Have Before.

Many Things Which Are Called 'secrets' Are Only Things Withheld From People Until They Can Understand Or Effectively Experience Them.

If, From Time To Time, You Give Up Expectation, You Will Be Able To Perceive What It Is You Are Getting.

If You Can Turn A Murderer Into A Mere Thief, You Are Making Progress.

There Is A Succession Of Experiences Which Together Constitute The Educational And Developmental Ripening Of The Learner, According To The Sufis. People Who Think That Each Gain Is The Goal Itself Will Freeze At Any Such Stage, And Cannot Learn Through Successive And Superseding Lessons.