"The true saint goes in and out amongst the people and eats and sleeps with them and buys and sells in the market and marries and takes part in social intercourse, and never forgets God for a single moment."
Abu Said ibn Abi 'I-Khayr (AD 967-1049) Persian Sufi mystic and poet [a.k.a., Abusa'id Abolkhayr, Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr, Sheikh Abusaeid or Abu Sa'eed] (Attributed)
In Reynold A. Nicholson, Studies in Islamic Mysticism (1921)
In Reynold A. Nicholson, Studies in Islamic Mysticism (1921)
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Kindred spirit, Pope Francis:
“Jesus creates problems. You can’t know Jesus without having problems, and I would venture to say: ‘If you want to have problems, go out on the road to know Jesus. You won’t have one, you’ll have many,’” he added. “You can’t know Jesus in first class. You get to know Jesus out and about in your everyday, daily life. You can’t know Jesus where it’s peace and quiet, or in the library.”
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