The Secret Of Sufism Is That It

Materialism, Attachment To Things Of The World, Includes Pride. Many Religious People Suffer From Pride: Taking Pleasure Or Even Delight In Being Good, Or Religious.

When Prayer, Rituals And Ascetic Life Are Just A Means Of Self-indulgence, They Are Harmful Rather Than Beneficial. This Is Quite Obvious To People Nowadays, When It Is Widely Recognised That Fixations Are Not The Same As Valuable And Laudable Observances. One Should Not Pray If That Prayer Is Vanity; Rituals Are Wrong When They Provide Lower Satisfactions, Like Emotional Stimulus Instead Of Enlightenment; He Or She Should Not Be An Ascetic Who Is Only Enjoying It.

The Proverb Says That 'the Answer To A Fool Is Silence'. Observation, However, Indicates That Almost Any Other Answer Will Have The Same Effect In The Long Run.

The Stupidest Man I Ever Met Had A Favourite Saying. It Was: 'what Do You Think I Am, Stupid, Or Something?

Exercise Power By Means Of Kindness, And You May Be Causing More Damage Than You Could By Cruelty. Neither Approach Is Correct.