The Impatient Man Is His

Man: Kick Him-he'll Forgive You. Flatter Him-he May Or May Not See Through You. But Ignore Him And He'll Hate You

Anyone Can See That An Ass Laden With Books Remains A Donkey. A Human Being Laden With The Undigested Results Of A Tussle With Thoughts And Books, However, Still Passes For Wise.

People Who Speak Or Act In An Ordinary Fashion Are Most Likely To Be Those Who Have Been The Recipients Of Higher Experiences. But Because They Do Not Rage Around, Wild-eyed, People Think That They Are Very Ordinary Folk And Therefore Not Aware Of Anything Unknown To The General Run Of Man.

Knowledge Is Not Gained, It Is There All The Time. It Is The "veils" Which Have To Be Dissolved In The Mind.

Like The Bat, The Sufi Is Asleep To 'things Of The Day' - The Familiar Struggle For Existence Which The Ordinary Man Finds All-important - And Vigilant While Others Are Asleep. In Other Words, He Keeps Awake The Spiritual Attention Dormant In Others. That 'mankind Sleeps In A Nightmare Of Unfulfillment' Is A Commonplace Of Sufi Literature