"The main problem is that most commentators are accustomed to thinking of spiritual schools as 'systems', which are more or less alike, and which depend upon dogma and ritual: and especially upon repetition and the application of continual and standardised pressures upon their followers.The Sufi way, except in degenerate forms which are not to be classified as Sufic, is entirely different from this."

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"The main problem is that most commentators are accustomed to thinking of spiritual schools as 'systems', which are more or less alike, and which depend upon dogma and ritual: and especially upon repetition and the application of continual and standardised pressures upon their followers.The Sufi way, except in degenerate forms which are not to be classified as Sufic, is entirely different from this."

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"Listen to the advice of your own Destiny! All is a given!"

"The field of the soul must be watered by the rain with tears of love, otherwise it will become a desert."

"Tears,love,life Who knows how many tears have flown in the Word of God from the creation of the world?"

"The soul is a prolonged anniversary of our lives in this world."

"The person healed has an obligation to then ask why- to meditate on God's will, and the extraordinary lengths to which God has gone to realize His will."

"Faithfulness to God requires your obedience, even when it's difficult."

"The Only God 'up there' is Unity of Everything, in Quintessence. Other fancies, gods and fairies are the nansy-pansies of simpletons, or is just plain-simple nonsense."

"Unbelief hardness human heart to be like a rock."

"The Sovereign Lord is our secured safety refuge."

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"The most important thing about the quest for knowledge is that it should never end."

"Learn about hornets from those who have been stung by them."

"You have to learn to look at things in a new way."

"Show a man too many camels' bones,or show them to him too often,and he will not be able to recognize a camel when he comes across a live one."

"The quest for knowledge is a process of self-awareness."

"If you forsake a path, it is because you were hoping for conviction from it. You seek conviction, not self-knowledge."