Some of the friends of the Lord seated in the world can read the scroll of destiny. - Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani

O seeker, never think ya hath gained illumination, until for seventy years successively you experience that whilst standing in prayers in Khurasan, you are offering obeisances and bowing in Makkah, and all the treasures of heaven and earth lie bare before your eyes and in spite of all that remain humble and ever in fear lest the Lord many not accept your worship.

God's love claims him whose heart is reduced to ashes for Him.

Whom the Lord guides, the Path is shortened for him.