The learned person who only talks will never Penetrate to the inner heart of humans.

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.

The role of gender in society is the most complicated thing I’ve ever spent a lot of time learning about, and I’ve spent a lot of time learning about quantum mechanics.

Tomorrow’s sun is on it’s way – a relentless sun, inscrutable like life.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

The cable makers are the ones who are willing to take risks and do something original and push the envelope some.

We should allow others' excellences, to preserve a modest opinion of our own.

The future started yesterday, and we're already late.

No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.

When you're writing, your mind has a place where the stories happen. With one word, you can get the idea of where you are.

I never set out to be a role model, but I guess parents like it because I am dedicated to school.

Christ is the door that opens into God's presence and lets the soul into His very bosom, faith is the key that unlocks the door; but the Spirit is He that makes this key.