Effort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.

Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.

The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.

Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.

Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.

Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.

You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean.

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

Meditation - Before you learn how to meditate, you must unlearn what you think meditation might be.

Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?

Right time, right place, right people equals success. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history.

It's not how long you see something. It's how you intensely you feel it"From Central Park Song: a Screenplay

Most people don't want to talk about politics and religion. They say, 'Let's talk about something else.'

Life is a series of avoiding horrible situations until ultimately you're dead. That's how I feel about things.

We always imagine eternity as something beyond our conception, something vast, vast! But why must it be vast?

Find yourself a cup; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things.

If you think your obstacles are too big, they will be. Don’t set limits on your life with your thinking.

I collect underwear from my travels. Lace, lingerie, bodysuits... they're like souvenirs.

Everything Changes. The only thing that remains immovable across the centuries and fixes the character of a people is cooking.

O the joy of my spirit - it is uncaged - it darts like lightning!