Sufism is always systematised only for limited or transitory periods: because Sufism is primarly instrumental, not for enjoyment or display.

Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.

When the mind is full of established biases, it will not be able to graft Sufism on top of them.

Sufism was formerly a reality without a name: now it is a name without a reality.

You may have forgotten the Way: But those who came beforeDid not forget you.Saying of Master Bahaudin Naqshband of Bokhara

The donkey which brought you to this door must be dismissed if you want to get through it’.

it was being written in the East that 'Sufism was formerly a reality without a name: now it is a name without a reality'.

Sufism is experience, and hence not to be defined – imprisoned – in perennial, static categories.

Some people walk with oceans in their hearts

Home was not the place where you were born but the place you created yourself, where you did not need to explain, where you finally became what you were.

Be nice to nerds, they'll probably be your boss one day.

He remembers when he was very small his mother once said she wished happiness and adventure for him. If this does not count as adventure, he is not sure what does.

Art like life, should be free, since both are experimental.

Accurately recalling an entire day of fishing is like trying to push smoke back down a chimney, so you settle on these specific moments.

What makes God laugh is people who make plans.

You can change anything about yourself quite quickly. All you have to do is give up the belief system that says that it takes a long time to change.

We must remember that a right lost to one is lost to all.

The Dunya is like the ocean and our heart is like the ship. If a ship allows the water to enter, it will sink. Just like when we allow the Dunya to enter our heart.