Knowledge cannot be attained except through humility.

Knowledge gives nothing to a man until he gives everything to it.

Patience is the food of understanding.

The Sufi must be able to alternate his thought between the relative and the Absolute, the approximate and the Real.

Sufism is therefore not 'Do as I say and not as I do', or even 'Do as I do', but 'Experience it and you will know'.

A Sufi has a right to be served, but he has no right to demand. Maruf Karkhi of Khorasan

Rumi himself once said that counterfeit gold is only to be found because there is such a thing as real gold to be copied.

Whoever might perfume a scorpionWill not thereby escape its sting. Bahaudin Naqshband

Hold the thoughts, know the thoughts and you realize the thoughts have slowed showing breaks and gaps, be the witness to them and you shall be meditating

There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground there are a thousand ways to go home again.

In a world where we are forced to conform to society, it is necessary to have personal chaos

What would be impressing to me, is in 30 days you see a change in your life.

The causal body is like DNA or RNA in that it is the coding that determines your level of evolution.

If you only stand up for speech you approve of, you're a hack. If you only stand up for speech that everyone approves of, you're a coward.

My wife and I don't have kids and people are down on us about it. But we're just not wired that way, so don't tell me I have to.

I think that you have to believe. That's one of my biggest mantras, is believe. I wouldn't be here if I didn't believe in myself.

O Heavenly Father, convert my religion from a name to a principle! Bring all my thoughts and movements into an habitual reference to Thee!

Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement.