Sufis (the name for the realised individual, not the learner or follower) are reunited with objective Reality and Unity.

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)

If you like the fairy tales, visit the old towns!

One of the things that binds us as a family is a shared sense of humor.

There are still people that have been held for human rights that shouldn't be held for just speaking their mind.

I think maybe we underestimate the country music audience.

I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.

Always be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together — man, you got it.

Never wrestle with pigs. You get dirty and they enjoy it.

I've never wanted to be a star, I never wanted to be a famous person or anything like that, and I think my fans know that as well.

In a twilight garden, when a brown nightingale starts singing, what is left to a blonde chicken is to remain silent.