Sufism is experiential

Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.

The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.

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

Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.

Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.

You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean.

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

Meditation - Before you learn how to meditate, you must unlearn what you think meditation might be.

Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?

Right time, right place, right people equals success. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history.

Very few of the common people realize that the political and legal systems have been corrupted by decades of corporate lobbying.

We should not be pushing out figured when the facts are in the opposite direction.

The idea that Buddhism denies what is called in the West individual immortality is a mistake, so far as the Buddhist scriptures are concerned.

Animals and humans come in many different sizes and colors, but we all have the same loving heart and soul.

Standing between these two guys you'd have to be me to know how I'm feelin'!

Beware of the conversationalist who adds "in other words." He is merely starting afresh.

Don't worry about tomorrow, just be real good today. The Lord is right beside you, he'll guide you all the way.

The universe is more than mere matter in motion. It and we were brought into being by a Creator who seeks our good.

Unfortunately we have tried to establish Right by Might, and you can 't do that.

In more recent years, I've become more and more fascinated with the indigenous folklore of this land, Native American folklore, and also Hispanic folklore now that I live in the Southwest.