Courage or Generosity?

Some people asked a Sufi master, "Which is better, courage or generosity?"
The Sufi master replied, "Those who are generous have no need for courage."

-Sadi, "Gulistan"

The Keys to the King's Treasury

...The interaction of free minds is like the connection of wires that bring light. But loose, individual wires don't light anything up, maybe you can use them to tie things up but they cannot light up anything.

Imam Ali says that God gave you the keys of His treasury when he gave you permission to call to Him. When He said, ‘Call upon Me and I will respond to you.' So when He said to you call upon Me, He guaranteed to you that He would respond. This is from the verse, ‘If My servants ask you about Me, I am near. I respond to those who call to me. So let them respond to Me and let them have faith in Me so that perhaps they will be guided.'

- Dr. Asad Ali

Preoccupations

...Every time you are able to clear your mind of preoccupations you return to being a child. This is why Jesus said, ‘You will not enter The Dominion until you return and become like children,' that is until you have no preoccupations except with God. This is the idea of continuous childhood, this is the idea of the returning to purity...

- Dr. Asad Ali