No surgeon can treat the wounds of the tongue.

Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.

The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.

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

Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.

Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.

You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean.

The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.

Meditation - Before you learn how to meditate, you must unlearn what you think meditation might be.

Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?

Right time, right place, right people equals success. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history.

What is the point of living this beautiful life if you do not have a mission that ends up making the world a better place to live.

History n: an account mostly false of events mostly unimportant which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves and soldiers mostly fools.

Parenting cannot just be one size fits all.

I got an extra hour's nap.

The newspapers loved pinup pictures of pretty young swimmers, and as a national champion, I got more than my share of space in the sports pages.

I am who I choose to be. I have always been what I chose, though not always what I pleased.

Women like poetry. A soft word in their ears and they melt - a grease spot on the grass.

Philosophy does not exist. It is nothing but an hypostatized abstraction.

I'm sautéing emcees with fried rice up in the wok without the MSG and chopped celery.

My son. He makes my heart grow bigger and bigger each day. There is nothing I love more than being his mommy.