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.

A motto of the human race: Let me do what I like, and give me approval as well.

When you loose your power to laugh, you loose your power to think straight.

Anyone can act strategically, it doesn’t take much to make a plan. The skill of a general is his or her ability to react strategically when plans fail.

Lack can greatly be the reasons for our conscious and unconscious steps in life. Mind what you lack, move for what is a must and be happy with what you have!

Past and to come seems best things present worst.

However, that old mode of Polish filmmaking virtually disappeared.

What does it mean, exactly, for a given system to be a "neural correlate of consciousness"?

I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say.

I was guided by Allah (God) to give a yardstick to the voting public, particularly Black people as to what will set that candidate apart from others.

There's been a lot of coming home in the early mornings after funny nights out, having bizarre sandwiches in bed.

I have three kids, one of each.