Correct teaching brings out human excellence.

Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions.

The secret of Sufism is that it has no secret at all'.

When a belief becomes more than an instrument, you are lost. You remain lost until you learn what 'belief' is really for.

Premature independence is the daughter of conceit.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

No practice exists in isolation.

If your desire for 'good' is based on greed, it is not good, but greed.

Anybody or anything may stand between you and knowledge if you are unfit for it.

Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.

If you really want to learn, do not be surprised if someone tries to teach you. And do not lightly reject the method.

God sells us all things at the price of labor.

Sand in reality is nothing else than very small stones.

But by far the worst thing we do to males — by making them feel they have to be hard — is that we leave them with very fragile egos. The harder a man feels compelled to be, the weaker his ego is.

...uncorny, human sized drama

Birds do not attend music school, but compose timeless masterpieces.

At least is was a victory and at least we won

What you eat is everything. What you eat is what you are.

The way I pitch is the way I pitch. I'm not going to change my overall philosophy. I'll just go out and pitch.

M&A negotiations feel really fun. This is one of the biggest killers of companies, is they entertain acquisition conversations.

A state of reverie does not avoid reality, it accedes to reality.