Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.

When the mind is full of established biases, it will not be able to graft Sufism on top of them.

Sufism was formerly a reality without a name: now it is a name without a reality.

You may have forgotten the Way: But those who came beforeDid not forget you.Saying of Master Bahaudin Naqshband of Bokhara

The donkey which brought you to this door must be dismissed if you want to get through it’.

it was being written in the East that 'Sufism was formerly a reality without a name: now it is a name without a reality'.

Sufism is experience, and hence not to be defined – imprisoned – in perennial, static categories.

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

They say the apple don't fall far from the tree but every apple has it own seeds

The highest form of prayer is to the goodness of God. . . . God only desires that our soul cling to him with all of its strength, in particular, that it clings to his goodness.

When I used to play sports, I'd be the one cheering the team on, 'Come on, we can beat these guys!' That's just in me.

I grew up in San Francisco. And so I'm informed in a certain kind of way about, you know, believing in democracy and believing in America. And I'm a very ardent patriot.

If you are at the mercy of what they call print interviews and the mercy of people who write about you, they can always tell lies.

I find shoestrings very hard work. I like big budgets.

It's not a matter of how old you are, it's how you feel.

When you chop wood, chips fly.

What moron said that knowledge is power? Knowledge is power only if it doesn't depress you so much that it leaves you in an immobile heap at the end of your bed.

You have ten minutes. Tops. (Carlos) I have been knocked overboard, shot at, kidnapped, handcuffed, terrified, and held prisoner. I will not be told how long to take in the loo. (Gabrielle)