The quest for truth must be carried out by each person individually. It is like breathing, something which no one else can do for us.

The love of God is not only the highest form of love, but also in reality the only love of which all other loves are but shadows

In traditional societies, nature was seen as one’s wife, but the modern West turned it into a prostitute.

The environmental crisis has deep spiritual, philosophical, and religious roots and causes. It is not merely the result of bad engineering.

The human soul, provided it is pure and strong enough, can contact the unseen in waking life as well as in dreams: all that is required is withdrawal of the soul from the tumult of sensory life.

To be modern is to destroy nature.

Only man can stop being fully man. He can ascend above all degres of universal existence and by the same token fall below the level of the basest of creatures.

In the traditional Islamic world, the hierarchy of the arts was not based on whether they were "fine" or "industrial" or "minor". It was based upon the effect of art on the soul of the human being.

Justice is inseparable from truth in human life.

All Muslims stand before God and they are their own priests.

I wish someone could get rid of individuality so easily; one never gets rid of one's individuality completely. One gets rid of one's egotism, which is a very different matter.

If you were an animal, what kind would it be?""A dog. I'd take people in my teeth like rats and shake some sense into them.

Communication is about being effective, not always about being proper.

One of the best things to do sometimes is simply to be.

I'm a terrible photographer.I'm not being modest. My photos really are crap. But in a way, the more the photo is crap, the better to paint from.

O, we all acknowledge our faults, now; 'tis the mode of the day: but the acknowledgment passes for current payment; and therefore we never amend them.

From out of all the many particulars comes oneness, and out of oneness come all the many particulars.

The real trap of fame is its irresistibility.

I don't like to see anybody hurt or suffer, especially children.

The river delights to lift us free, if only we dare let go.

May the best man win That's about right pup