Sufi Quotes of Baba Farid
Do not forget death at any place.
Do not forget death at any place.
If you want ease and comfort, do not be jealous.
If you want ease and comfort, do not be jealous.
Keep your internal self-better than the external self.
Keep your internal self-better than the external self.
Consider worldliness as an unforeseen calamity.
Consider worldliness as an unforeseen calamity.
Do not-lose your temper at the bitter words of the enemy and do not lose your shield by being overpowered with anger.
Do not-lose your temper at the bitter words of the enemy and do not lose your shield by being overpowered with anger.
Escaping from oneself is (a means of) attainting to God.
Escaping from oneself is (a means of) attainting to God.
Do not regard the ignorant as alive.
Do not regard the ignorant as alive.
If you do not want to be held in disgrace, do not beg for anything.
If you do not want to be held in disgrace, do not beg for anything.
Consider good health a blessing.
Consider good health a blessing.
Give up immediately the pursuit of a thing which your heart considers bad.
Give up immediately the pursuit of a thing which your heart considers bad.
While doing good to others, think that you are doing good to yourself.
While doing good to others, think that you are doing good to yourself.
If you want greatness associate with the downtrodden.
If you want greatness associate with the downtrodden.
The Prophet used to say that blessed is the man whose knowledge of his own faults and defects prevents him from disclosing the faults of others.
The Prophet used to say that blessed is the man whose knowledge of his own faults and defects prevents him from disclosing the faults of others.
Consider levity and anger as signs of weakness.
Consider levity and anger as signs of weakness.
Do not fight or quarrel in a manner which leaves no room for reconciliation.
Do not fight or quarrel in a manner which leaves no room for reconciliation.
One should work, he told his disciple and should not loose himself in the talks of the people.
One should work, he told his disciple and should not loose himself in the talks of the people.
Work in a way that may get life after death.
Work in a way that may get life after death.
Do not satisfy the demands of the physical self, for the more you satisfy it, the more it demands.
Do not satisfy the demands of the physical self, for the more you satisfy it, the more it demands.
Mystic music moves the hearts of the listeners and breathes the fire of love in their hearts.
Mystic music moves the hearts of the listeners and breathes the fire of love in their hearts.
Be critical of your own shortcomings.
Be critical of your own shortcomings.
When God visits you with some calamity, do not turn away from it.
When God visits you with some calamity, do not turn away from it.
Aspire for new (spiritual) attainments every day.
Aspire for new (spiritual) attainments every day.
Do not lower yourself in an attempt to secure a high position.
Do not lower yourself in an attempt to secure a high position.
Defeat your enemy by consulting him and captivate your friend by your politeness.
Defeat your enemy by consulting him and captivate your friend by your politeness.
Consider haughtiness necessary in dealing with the proud ones.
Consider haughtiness necessary in dealing with the proud ones.
Do not make your heart a plaything of the devil.
Do not make your heart a plaything of the devil.
Do not consider yourself safe from an enemy howsoever conciliatory he might be towards you.
Do not consider yourself safe from an enemy howsoever conciliatory he might be towards you.
Show generosity to the righteous man.
Show generosity to the righteous man.
aaj ik aur baras biit gayā us ke baġhair
jis ke hote hue hote the zamāne mere
