Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare. But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.

The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.

It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis.

The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete.

The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces.

Fettered feet in the presence of friends is better than living in a garden with strangers.

Sufism, " according to the Sufi, "is an adventure in living, necessary adventure.

Religion, for instance, cannot be accepted or rejected out of hand, until the student knows exactly what religion means.

It is axiomatic that the attempt to become a Sufi through a desire for personal power as normally understood will not succeed.

Take the wheat, not the measure in which it is contained

The basic urge toward mysticism is never, in the unaltered man, clear enough to be recognized for what it is.

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.

Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace.

We should make the poor uncomfortable and kick them out of poverty.

To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge! To do the will of God is the greatest achievement.

Listening takes practice, and it takes patience. But I promise, if you listen, your story will be better for it.

You haven't been soiling your soul in public for years like we have.

What really drives me mad about art is that, in America, the only thing you can do is to take it apart.

We do not correct the man we hang; we correct others by him.

Once you create a self-justifying storyline, your emotional entrapment within it quadruples.

I try to get the best performance an actor can give.