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

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.

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

Most people, whatever their opinions and protestations, do not want to learn.

Someone’s darkness disappears when you show up and allow your light to shine

Why does anyone do the things they do?

Texans ignore "better," long ago forgot the useless word "good." Everything in Texas is "best."

You walk in my dreams, Leafpool.

I would love to do comedy. I think I'm funny and that comedy is my strong suit, at least in real life. I have yet to prove myself in the movies, but I'd love to get the opportunity to do that.

It wasn't the first time. This happened to Dennis Kucinich. It happened to Jesse Jackson. They did it even to Howard Dean, creating the Dean scream. This is how they [democrats] work.

I'm like an eight year old with the dressing-up box. I have the luxury of being able to change on a whim.

Chasing records doesn't keep me on my bike. Happiness does.

Winston tastes good like a cigarette should

Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them.