' Make yourself ignorant '...

"Would he had been less full of borrowed knowledge!

Then he would have accepted inspired knowledge from his father.

When, with inspiration at hand, you seek book-learning, your heart, as if inspired, loads you with reproach.

Traditional knowledge, when inspiration is available, is like making ablutions in sand when water is near.

Make yourself ignorant, be submissive, and then you will obtain release from your ignorance."


-Jalaluddin Rumi