Neither imagine that you are false, nor lash yourself, for both may be forms of self-indulgence.

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.

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

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

Extinction is not an event, it is a chain reaction!

Even a snail will eventually reach its destination.

I am overwhelmed by the goodness of God.

Don't make people control your life, People only care about themselves. Live your life with happy and ignore Sick people.

We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach.

A child falls many times in attempt to walk.

The existence of such a war chest might go far to strengthen our prestige and frighten off any would be assailant.

Africa's a wreck and it's not because it was hit by an asteroid. It's a wreck largely because it was hit by Europe.

the heart of the backlash argument: women are better off 'protected' than equal.

Many young and beginning farmers start out in local markets. Some stay there, and some scale up.