At His door, what is the difference between Muslim and Christian, virtuous and guilty? At his door all are seekers and He the sought.

What is humanity? To feel pain at the sorrows of our neighbours, to feel humiliated at the humiliation of fellow-beings.

Our heads are filled with ‘knowledge’, a knowledge that in some areas pre-empts our seeing anything at all.

Certain levels of human understanding cannot be attained, it is claimed, until the brain can work in more than one way.

The process of learning is the process of discovering what really exists.

Most of the supposedly Sufi organizations, exercises and “orders” are in fact only of archaeological interest.

The colour of the water seems to be the colour of the glass into which it has been poured

We and all our existences are non-entities. Thou art the absolute being whose appearance is transitory.

Ibn El-Arabi wrote, ‘The Teacher is he who hears you, then unveils you to yourself

And Rumi tells us, ‘Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue’.

The selection and following of a spiritual guide is the most important duty of a Sufi.

Was there ever any question on how much I could take? You kept feeding me your bullshit hoping I would break.

Jessica Simpson is the youth ambassador for Operation Smile, and an episode of The Apprentice featured a team managing a charity concert she put on. Donald Trump came on stage and pledged a donation.

Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.

I remember having meetings with Republican senators who initially had been trying to engage [Obamacare] but saw that the politics of 'no' were growing inside the Republican Party.

Now' is the watchword of the wise.

The greatest task of democracy, its ritual and feast - is choice.

Pity is an emotion that can get you killed. The only thing more dangerous is blind hate, and maybe love.

You get over your first love by falling in love with something new.

In any relationship there are certain doors that should never be opened. The bathroom door, for example.

A Confucian or Jewish love of learning would gain minorities far more than any affirmative action laws we might pass.