I don't want to be mediocre, this is the fear of my soul and my body.

The great cosmic illusion is a hierophany.... One is devoured by Time, not because one lives in Time, but because one believes in its reality, and therefore forgets or despises eternity.

Man becomes aware of the Sacred because it manifests itself, shows itself, as something wholly different from the Profane.

As long as you have not grasped that you have to die to grow, you are a troubled guest on the dark earth".

The way towards 'wisdom' or towards 'freedom' is the way towards your inner being. This is the simplest definition of metaphysics.

Light does not come from light, but from darkness.

The primitive magician, the medicine man or shaman is not only a sick man, he is above all, a sick man who has been cured, who has succeeded in curing himself.

The Experience of Sacred Space makes possible the founding of the world: where the sacred Manifests itself in space, the real unveils itself, the world comes into existence.

If we pay no attention to it, time does not exist.

It would be frightening to think that in all the cosmos, which is so harmonious, so complete and equal to itself, that only human life is happening randomly, that only one's destiny lacks meaning.

Water symbolizes the whole of potentiality - the source of all possible existence.

...what does the future look like?...'A deep blue, fading into golds and reds-like fire on a horizon. Afterlight. It's a sky that wants you to guess if the sun is about to rise or set.

Sufism is always systematised only for limited or transitory periods: because Sufism is primarly instrumental, not for enjoyment or display.

I never see failure as failure, but only as the game I must play and win.

Sadly, it has often been said that my rear is better than my front, so thank you very much indeed.

Rousseau defined civilizations as when people build fences.

Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress.

Our life is a work of art. We must seek always to be its artist.

It had been an enormous, extraordinary, outrageous adventure. And it was deadly.

Why would you create a movie for black people if you don't understand the history and perspective of the people you are doing it for? You need historical perspective to make sound decisions.

We believe deep down that we've lost something precious and are seeking it outside ourselves, never realizing that we are carrying it within us wherever we go.