They say: 'Seek wisdom while you have the strength, or you may lose the strength without gaining wisdom.

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

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

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.

I'm not afraid of you!' The wombat yelled. 'I saw you get stuck in the washing machine once. Round and round you went! Who's afraid of something that can't defeat a rinse cycle?

IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary.

As a dancer, I was always the physical comedy girl. I love it so much.

Holy living is essential preparation for prayer.

News in general doesn't matter most of the time, and most people would be far better off if they spent their time consuming less news and more ideas that have more lasting import.

I'm merely trying to give you the sort of argument that would appeal to your intelligence.

A ton of Proust isn’t worth an ounce of Ray Bradbury.

Fasting is what prepares you for a new anointing.

It's pointless to go against digital because sooner or later you won't be able to do anything else.

What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a morning by trying to write a page of one than I'd learned in seven years or so of trying to write criticism