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"People change and needs change. So what was Sufism once is Sufism no more."
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"Change comes from a process of trials and wilderness experiences, problems and difficulties - it's a process of transition from one quality level to another."

"If we could be humble enough to submit our passions, sentiments and even weaknesses to God Almighty, he would successfully convert them to something positive that would eventually glorify Him."

"To allow Christ to live in you is to lose your ego-centric motivation."

"A man's conquest depends on his knowledge of Jesus Christ."

"God always turns a person's weakness into strength."

"Don't try to change the world. To find yourself in a new world, change your thoughts."

"Darkness is necessary for evolvement."

"This time is very important in your life because God wants to lift this generation from failures, poverty, and unbelief."

"God uses the problem in the life of every man for his good."

"Without having any relationship with God, we will not change anything in our world."
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"Two people can illustrate crudity to you.The first is the crude man, whom you see perceiving the diamond as a stone.The other is the refined man, who makes clear to you the crudity of the first one."


"The colour of the water seems to be the colour of the glass into which it has been poured."


"A loan is the scissors of friendship.A man's own tongue may cut his throat.The cage has no value without the bird."


"Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests."


"These lecture provide material for the consideration of common factors, in theory and in development, from the viewpoint of the idea of surrender to the Divine Will, reviewing some aspects of the interplay between Christians and Moslems, and introducing material from and about Sufis."


"Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions."


"When the Higher Man does something worthy of admiration, it is an evidence of his Mastership, not the object of it."
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