That which is given free is never knowledge. It may be information....but knowledge does not come in that manner.

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

One day we will all wear a garment which has no pockets...

If you assume that it is there, you will generally not be far off the truth.

A donkey eats a melon, it remains a donkey

The door of illumination is open to those for whom other doors are closed.

What you have to learn is how to find the unworldly in everything.

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

If you assume that it is there, you will generally not be far off the truth…

Sufis are not here to satisfy a demand. They exist to share what they have got. These two things are not always the same.

… the Sufi attitude is: ‘Let the real truth, whatever it may be, be revealed to me’.

INSECURITY breeds JEALOUSY / JEALOUSY creates ENVY / ENVY causes self-destruction / a hater is made up of all three. Just remember you are an opportunity away from being hated on yourself!

Not everyone can be an orphan.

What we fear we often rage against.

I had a tough time fitting in, as I guess most kids do. I felt like school was kind of a grand opportunity to figure yourself out and to figure out what you wanted.

The education of this president [Obama] is a protracted and often amusing process . . . as he continues to alight upon the obvious with a sense of profound and original discovery.

life is limited so people will appreciate it because there’s a limit, we would try our best to live.

It is only with the best judges that the highest works of art would lose none of their honor by being seen in their rudiments.

The beautiful thing about faking a news show is the topicality is delayed.

The wonderful thing about Jazz is its willingness to take chances.

Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.