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If speaking pleases you, be silent! If silence pleases you, Speak!

— Bishr the Barefoot The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2002)

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Fear of God is king that dwells only in the heart of a pious one.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2002)

Let one who desires a taste of freedom and deliverance from bondage purify the secret between himself and God Most High.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2002)

God has not given to mankind more gracious gift than patience and gnosis (marifāh).

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2002)

Tree jobs are very difficult to perform: generosity in poverty; truthfulness in the state of fear; piety in solitude.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2002)

Renunciation is a king who does not dwell anywhere but in an emptied heart.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2002)

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