ServiceI will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages.Rabia el-Adawia.

SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN:Self-justification is worse than the original offence.

The question of divine knowledge is so deep that it is really known only to those who have it.

Is your division of Understanding into Greater and Lesser common to all Sufis? Nothing which is put into words is common to all Sufis.

Man thinks many things. He thinks he is One. He is usually several. Until he becomes One, he cannot have a fair idea of what he is at all.

A man must be a Salomon before his magical ring will work

In the realm of Greater Understanding, the workshop is dismantled after the work is finished.

The Sufi is one who does what others do – when it is necessary. He is also one who does what others cannot do – when it is indicated.

RemedyYour medicine is in you, and you do not observe it. Your ailment is from yourself, and you do not register it.Hazrat Ali

I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages. Rabia

The degree of necessity determines the development of organs in man… therefore increase your necessity.

To thrive in this new age of hyper-change and growing uncertainty, it is now an imperative to learn a new competency — how to accurately anticipate the future.

Never pass up a valuable opportunity, because regret can last a lifetime.

Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No - no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears.

It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.

One who does not rouse themself when it is time to rise, who, though capable, is full of sloth, whose will and thought are weak, that lazy and idle person will never find their way to true knowledge.

My books are better thought about than read. They're insanely dull and unreadable.But they're wonderful to talk about and think about, to dip in and out of, to hold, to have on your shelf.

It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.

There comes a time when all the cosmic tumblers have clicked into place - and the universe opens itself up for a few seconds to show you what's possible.

I think I'm becoming a psychologist in explaining the Republican Party. It's the only way you can explain 'em. It's psychological.