If in any community a person gains enlightenment and nearness of God, God in His grace for his sake forgives the whole community its transgressions. - 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.

That Muslim is not praiseworthy who worships and keeps fasts, but he is to be praised in whose scroll of destiny no sin is recorded during the course of a lifetime. And when that stage is reached he fears God and maintains humility.