Rumi speaks of people who rely upon the written word as sometimes being no more than donkeys laden with books.

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.

Just throw it all and live like there's no tomorrow.

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.

They whooped our tail last time we was here. So it's time for a little revenge, and show that Florida football is coming back.

Asana done from the brain makes one heavy and done from the heart makes one light.

The child molester skipped breakfast, but said he'd grab a little something on the way to work.

I would like to ask a question. Would this sort of war or savage bombing which has taken place in Vietnam have been tolerated for so long, had the people been European?

Honestly, I wasn't that girl in high school who people spread rumors about.

The miracle of Good Friday is that there was no miracle. Legions of angels stood - with swords sheathed - watching as the Son took our place.

It's difficult. You tell yourself that, but you don't believe it. You always feel like there's another game. You know, the reality is, it's do or die. And I think I'm going to play like that.

Unless carefree, mother love was a killer.