Remember the proverb: 'A sign is enough for the alert, but a thousand counsels are not enough for the negligent.

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.

I did not begin with craft, I began with strong feelings and worked toward craft.

Fish and company start to smell after three days.

If anyone has made you feel invisible or less-than, write a new narrative on your heart.

By far the most significant consequence of "selfish capitalism" (Thatch/Blatcherism) has been a startling increase in the incidence of mental illness in both children and adults since the 1970s.

It is impossible to lose your footing while on your knees.

Some day you will be wheeled in for a heart bypass operation, and a surgeon will be the person who is now behind the counter when you renew your car registration at the department of motor vehicles.

If you are still alive when you read this, close your eyes. I am under their lids, growing black.

A people... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything.

I did play Jesus in 'Godspell,' in high school, because I guess I'm a nerd.

Partake of this sacred mystery: to take the place of others, giving them his own.