Sufism, the "secret tradition, " is not available on the basis of assumptions which belong to another world, the world of intellect.

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.

I know it's me that needs this moment. Your hand to hold my heart still cares. A thought I will hold when I wake in the morning, when I turn to you and you're not there.

To Tom, the march of technology was equivalent to the march of civilization.

I am not worried about dying, what I am worried about is not living

The Scots are poor, cries surly English pride; True is the charge, nor by themselves denied. Are they not then in strictest reason clear, Who wisely come to mend their fortunes here?

Till facts are grouped & called there can be no prediction. The only advantage of discovering laws is to foretell what will happen & to see bearing of scattered facts.

The most compassionate form of giving is done with no thought or expectation of reward, and grounded in genuine concern for others.

A stone that looks satisfied with its position reflects the sense of ease the waller felt when placing it there.

A little spoon for a cup of soup teaches to be patient; and the big one, to be greedy!

No one can cross the boundary into another -- for the simple reason that no one can gain access to himself

There is a Tony the Tiger inside of all of us just waiting to be unleashed.