The selection and following of a spiritual guide is the most important duty of a Sufi.

What is humanity? To feel pain at the sorrows of our neighbours, to feel humiliated at the humiliation of fellow-beings.

Our heads are filled with ‘knowledge’, a knowledge that in some areas pre-empts our seeing anything at all.

Certain levels of human understanding cannot be attained, it is claimed, until the brain can work in more than one way.

The process of learning is the process of discovering what really exists.

Most of the supposedly Sufi organizations, exercises and “orders” are in fact only of archaeological interest.

The colour of the water seems to be the colour of the glass into which it has been poured

We and all our existences are non-entities. Thou art the absolute being whose appearance is transitory.

Ibn El-Arabi wrote, ‘The Teacher is he who hears you, then unveils you to yourself

And Rumi tells us, ‘Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue’.

At His door, what is the difference between Moslem and Christian, virtuous and guilty? At his door all are seekers and He the sought.

Endure graciously the difficult times.

My best personality trait that I think I'm very approachable. And my worst is that I can be moody.

Conscience without judgment is superstition.

Face your potential. It's been staring at you for far too long.

Don't wait on perfect conditions for success to happen; just go ahead and do something!

I think the dream role is getting the opportunity to really sink my teeth into something and transform in the role.

Wearing down seven number two pencils is a good day's work.

I love working with a lot of different films and a lot of different people.

My favorite type of music to sing is definitely those big ballads, I just love doing those power ballads.

I am a storyteller from a personal viewpoint. When I run out of people I invent ghosts. I don't believe in ghosts. Never saw one.