The secret of Sufism is that it has no secret at all'.

Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions.

When a belief becomes more than an instrument, you are lost. You remain lost until you learn what 'belief' is really for.

Premature independence is the daughter of conceit.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

No practice exists in isolation.

If your desire for 'good' is based on greed, it is not good, but greed.

Anybody or anything may stand between you and knowledge if you are unfit for it.

Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.

If you really want to learn, do not be surprised if someone tries to teach you. And do not lightly reject the method.

Most people, whatever their opinions and protestations, do not want to learn.

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give

Intelligence and perserverance cannot defeat the purpose of popularity because it can describe a trait of a successful person who is prominent.

Friendships founded on laughter are always fortuitous.

We are never so happy nor so unhappy as we suppose ourselves to be.

I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.

Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear.

There is a fine line between seeing something that's lost as missing, and seeing it as something that might be found.

Pain pushes until vision pulls.

I think the way it works is that when you're casting a movie, you usually want to work with people that you believe in.

Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness.