It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, “men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned.”
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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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The mere physical man is like the ant crawling on the paper, who observes black lettering and attributes its production to the pen and nothing more.
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The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.
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Dear friend, Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it dean of the veil of dust that has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets.
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Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
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A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people.
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He who does not arrive at the Intuition of these Truths by means of Ecstasy knows only the name of Inspiration.
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This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
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Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
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If the world had two gods, it would surely go to ruin-this is the first premise. Now it is known that it has not gone to ruin-this is the second premise. From these premises the conclusion must of necessity follow, that is, the denial of two gods.
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In God, there is no sorrow or suffering or affliction. If you want to be free of all affliction and suffering, hold fast to God, and turn wholly to Him, and to no one else. Indeed, all your suffering comes from this: that you do not turn toward God and no one else.
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Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.
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Love for God is the farthest reach of all stations, the sun of the highest degrees, and there is no station after that of love, except its fruit and its consequences.
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Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
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Whoever determines the truth from people alone will remain lost in the plains of bewilderment. Rather, know the truth, and you will know its people.
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