As with any other specialisation, teaching is a vocation, open only to those who are truly capable of discharging its functions.

The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.

Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious.

One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts.

The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day.

But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try, for instance, lifting yourself up by the bootstraps.

If wine is the enemy of religion, I shall devour the enemy of religion.

The Sufis regard systems which treat everyone alike as mechanical and degenerate.

A man must be a Solomon before his magical ring will work

A man must be a Salomon before his magical ring will work. (Hafiz)

Imagination blocks you like a bolt on a door. Burn that bar. (Rumi)

Nature is sound in many forms and states of existence.

We are not free to pick and choose the parts of the Bible we want to believe or obey. God has given us all of it, and we should be obedient to all of it.

Revolution is like a love story. When you are in love, you become a much better person. And when you are in revolution, you become a much better person.

Nobody knows who I am or what I do. Not even I. Don Juan Matus

To my way of thinking, an actor's course is set even before he's out of the cradle.

What I was saying is that Israel cannot count on the United States.

Our whole system of government is based on "We the people," but if we the people don't pay attention to what's going on, we have no right to bellyache or squawk when things go wrong.

The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.

The thing about love was that it caught you unawares, turned up in the most unexpected places, even when you weren't looking for it.

Im concerned about the cost, just like everybody else. Theres no question that we have an obligation to help the people of Louisiana and Mississippi to rebuild.