If you forsake a path, it is because you were hoping for conviction from it. You seek conviction, not self-knowledge.

It is not Sufism if it does not perform its function for you. A cloak is no longer a cloak if it does not keep a man warm.

People change and needs change. So what was Sufism once is Sufism no more.

Never follow any impulse to teach, however strong it might be. The command to teach is not felt as an impulsion.

You will always have doubts, but only discover them at a useful time for your weakness to point them out.

When you feel least interested in following the Way which you have entered, this may be the time when it is most appropriate for you.

Do not dwell upon whether you will put yourself into the hands of a teacher. You are always in his hands.

Debating whether one trusts or not is a sign that one does not want to trust at all, and therefore is still incapable of it.

Sufism is that which succeeds in bringing to man the High Knowledge.

What you are pleased to call Sufism is merely the record of past method.

WisdomSufian said: 'The wisdom which is invisible but which sustains is a hundred times better than the appearance of wisdom, for that has itself to be sustained.

I think of myself as a little kid, and I had a wild imagination, but it was something that was encouraged and supported, which helped steer me into the arts.

I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.

EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassador.

People who take huge risks aren't afraid to fail. In fact, they love to fail. It's because failing means they found the edge.

Compassion is the ability to see what needs doing right now and the willingness to do it right now.

I'd love to cover an 'Incubus' song. I don't think anybody in a cowboy hat on a country stage has ever done that, and I'd love to be the first.

Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself.

We usually surprised everyone, and still do, as we keep the craziness onstage.

I do understand that onstage there are times when you think, 'I could not be more alive than I am at this moment. I can't do most things in life. This is what I'm for.'

Vietnam is absolutely breathtaking. I've never been to that part of the world before and it is an area of such natural beauty.