A river passes through many countries and each claims it for its own. But there is only one river.
Truth does not change. People change. People try to possess truth and keep it for themselves, keep it from others. But you cannot own the truth.
The path of Sufism is the elimination of any intermediaries between the individual and God. The goal is to act as an extension of God, not to be a barrier.
— Robert Frager, Love Is the Wine by Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak, Robert Frager, editor