Knowledge Is Not Gained, It

Scholars Of The East And West Have Heroically Consecrated Their Whole Working Lives To Making Available, By Means Of Their Own Disciplines, Sufi Literary And Philosophical Material To The World At Large. In Many Cases They Have Faithfully Recorded The Sufis' Own Reiteration That The Way Of The Sufis Cannot Be Understood By Means Of The Intellect Or By Ordinary Book Learning.

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

It Is Not Important To Have Said A Thing First, Or Best - Or Even Most Interestingly. What Is Important Is To Say It On The Right Occasion.

Learn To Be As Analytical About Things Of Which You Are Credulous As You Are Of Those Which You Criticise.

You Must Empty Out The Dirty Water Before You Fill The Pitcher With Clean.