Ali Hujwiri

"Knowledge is immense and life is short: therefore it is not obligatory to learn all the sciences, such as Astronomy and Medicine, and Arithmetic, etc., but only so much of each as bears upon the religious law: enough astronomy to know the times (of prayer) in the night, enough medicine to abstain from what is injurious, enough arithmetic to understand the division of inheritances and to calculate the duration of the Iddat."

"The ostentatious man purposely acts in such a way as to win popularity, while the Malàmatí purposely acts in such a way that the people reject him. Both have their thoughts fixed on mankind and do not pass beyond that sphere."

"Every good and evil that happens to man is decreed by God."

"Implore God to deliver you from the wickedness of your soul."

"Whosoever refrains his soul from lust, verily Paradise shall be his abode."

"The spiritual path is hard to travel except for those who were created for the purpose."

"God alone can help a man to do good deeds."

"All humans action and inaction is the act and creation of God."

"In our time the science of Sufism is desolate."

"The people are occupied with following their lusts and have turned their back on the path of spiritualism."

"Blind conformity had taken the place of spiritual enthusiasm."

"The universe is an abode of Divine mysteries, which are deposited in created things."