Whatever you have in your mind - forget it; Whatever you have in your hand - give it; Whatever is to be your fate - face it! Abu Sa'id (Essential Sufism)

What is done for you - allow it to be done. What you must do yourself - make sure you do it. Khawwas (Essential Sufism)

The Thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet only seekers find it. Bayazid Bistami (Essential Sufism, p. 37)

If words come out of the heart, they will enter the heart, but if they come from the tongue, they will not pass beyond the ears. Al-Suhrawardi (Essential Sufism)

If someone remarks: "What an excellent man you are!" and this pleases you more than his saying, "What a bad man you are!" know that you are still a bad man. Sufyan al Thawri (Essential Sufism)

If men had been forbidden to make porridge of camel's dung, they would have done it, saying that they would not have been forbidden to do it unless there had been some good in it. Muhammad (Essential Sufism)

Happy are those who find fault with themselves instead of finding fault with others. Muhammad (Essential Sufism)