Advice Is Priceless: When It Becomes Interference

When You Realize The Difference Between The Container And The Content, You Will Have Knowledge.

Anyone Can See That An Ass Laden With Books Remains A Donkey. A Human Being Laden With The Undigested Results Of A Tussle With Thoughts And Books, However, Still Passes For Wise.

Dramatic. A Well Developed Sense Of The Dramatic Has Values Beyond What People Usually Imagine. One Of These Is To Realise The Limitations Of A Sense Of The Dramatic.

Anybody Or Anything May Stand Between You And Knowledge If You Are Unfit For It.

Like The Bat, The Sufi Is Asleep To 'things Of The Day' - The Familiar Struggle For Existence Which The Ordinary Man Finds All-important - And Vigilant While Others Are Asleep. In Other Words, He Keeps Awake The Spiritual Attention Dormant In Others. That 'mankind Sleeps In A Nightmare Of Unfulfillment' Is A Commonplace Of Sufi Literature