The Sufi is one who does what others do – when it is necessary. He is also one who does what others cannot do – when it is indicated.

SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN:Self-justification is worse than the original offence.

The question of divine knowledge is so deep that it is really known only to those who have it.

Is your division of Understanding into Greater and Lesser common to all Sufis? Nothing which is put into words is common to all Sufis.

Man thinks many things. He thinks he is One. He is usually several. Until he becomes One, he cannot have a fair idea of what he is at all.

A man must be a Salomon before his magical ring will work

In the realm of Greater Understanding, the workshop is dismantled after the work is finished.

RemedyYour medicine is in you, and you do not observe it. Your ailment is from yourself, and you do not register it.Hazrat Ali

I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages. Rabia

The degree of necessity determines the development of organs in man… therefore increase your necessity.

ANDAKI: EFFORT IS NOT EFFORT WITHOUT ZAMAN, MAKAN, IKHWAN (RIGHT TIME, RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT PEOPLE).

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment

I have lost control over everything, even the places in my head.

A sign in the yard of a church next door said CHRIST IS THE ANSWER. (The question, of course, is: What do you say when you strike your thumb with a hammer?)

With Cold Sassy Tree having its first production, I saw no necessity to do anything other than produce it with the correct setting.

If we don't take the necessary measures, famine will be the scandal of this century.

There is something about street dogs, about rescues; they have this knowing sense about them.

If you want to do what you want to do, you have to look a certain way.

Justice never means "treating everybody the same way", but "treating people appropriately".

Climate change poses clear, catastrophic threats. We may not agree on the extent, but we certainly can't afford the risk of inaction.

Your mind is an automobile and words are your wheels.