Sufism, in one definition, "is" human life.

The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.

It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis.

The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete.

The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces.

Fettered feet in the presence of friends is better than living in a garden with strangers.

Sufism, " according to the Sufi, "is an adventure in living, necessary adventure.

Religion, for instance, cannot be accepted or rejected out of hand, until the student knows exactly what religion means.

It is axiomatic that the attempt to become a Sufi through a desire for personal power as normally understood will not succeed.

Take the wheat, not the measure in which it is contained

The basic urge toward mysticism is never, in the unaltered man, clear enough to be recognized for what it is.

Honesty will guide you to goodness, and goodness will invite you to heaven.

Culture is activity of thought, and receptiveness to beauty and humane feeling. Scraps of information have nothing to do with it. A merely well informed man is the most useless bore on God's earth.

A samurai must remain calm at all times even in the face of danger.

I challenge myself to take at least one fashion risk a day, otherwise I get stuck.

I’ve never trusted anyone all the time. It’s the people I care about the most that always seem to do the most damage.

I am a 21st century man. I don’t believe in magic. I believe in sweat, tears, life and death.

I love Poseidon. His trident - his weapon - is really cool.

Get up sucker and fight. Get up and fight

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

Every year it changes, sometimes I'm good at the 50m, sometimes I'm terrible, it really depends. I'm still not sure what my best event is.