The Sufis Believe That They Can Experience

There Is A Persian Proverb: 'to Test That Which Has Been Tested Is Ignorance.' To Try To Test Something Without The Means Of Testing Is Even Worse.

When People Have A Hard Task To Do - One Which Stretches Them - They Become Less Concerned With Trivial Matters.

From Time To Time Ponder Whether You Are Unconsciously Saying: 'truth Is What I Happen To Be Thinking At This Moment.

But One May Say Something And Yet Not Be Able To Do It. Try, For Instance, Lifting Yourself Up By The Bootstraps.

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.