Sufis deny the absolute reality of time, space and physical form. These things are both relative and local. They only appear to be absolute.

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

Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious.

One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts.

The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day.

But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try, for instance, lifting yourself up by the bootstraps.

If wine is the enemy of religion, I shall devour the enemy of religion.

The Sufis regard systems which treat everyone alike as mechanical and degenerate.

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

A man must be a Salomon before his magical ring will work. (Hafiz)

Imagination blocks you like a bolt on a door. Burn that bar. (Rumi)

I had sent her to four consecutive psychiatrists, and not one of them had gotten me sober.

The sky both exists and doesn’t exist. It has substance and at the same time doesn’t. And we merely accept that vast expanse and drink it in.

I wear my clothes, my clothes don't wear me.

I am determined that we're going to get the economy really moving again, building on the progress, but never going back to what got us in trouble in the first place.

No one can tell me that I'm doing wrong.

I love sports. I love animals. I love kids. I want to save the world. So how do I combine all those things? I don't know

The communists pave the way for him (the Jew).

The important things that in a campaign we talk about, let us not forget that once the election is over.

Notes, usually to be musical, have to move in or out. They don't sound like clarinets!

The journey is the reward