Sufi Wisdom...

Asking good questions is half of learning.
Muhammad (Essential Sufism)

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A donkey with a load of holy books is still a donkey.
Traditional (Essential Sufism)

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Whatever you have in your mind - forget it;
Whatever you have in your hand - give it;
Whatever is to be your fate - face it!
Abu Sa'id (Essential Sufism)

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For every sin but the killing of Time there is forgiveness.
Traditional (Essential Sufism)

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If someone remarks: "What an excellent man you are!" and this pleases you more than his saying, "What a bad man you are!" know that you are still a bad man.
Sufyan al Thawri (Essential Sufism)
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A seeker went to ask a sage for guidance on the Sufi way.
The sage counseled,
"if you have never trodden the path of love, go away and fall in love;
then come back and see us." Jami (Essential Sufism)
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The poet Hafiz wrote"The sun never says to the earth,
'You owe me.'

Look what happens with a love like that.
It lights up the whole sky."
"I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God".
Sufi Proverb
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IF words come out of the heart, they will enter the heart, but if they come from the tongue, they will not pass beyond the ears.
Al-Suhrawardi (Essential Sufism)
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Pray for what you want, but work for the things you need.
Modern Traditional (Essential Sufism)
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The Thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet only seekers find it.
Bayazid Bistami (Essential Sufism, p. 37)
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Happy are those who find fault with themselves instead of finding fault with others.