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

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'.

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.

It should be about this team, and it should be about these guys. It should be about our relationship. It shouldn't be about records.

He thought how sad it was to be an Animal who had never had a bunch of violets picked for him.

The evening had turned sweet and blue.

I love wasting time and learning to lip-sync to songs; it's a silly hobby of mine.

The need for empowering investors to have information on the way their own money is invested is not going away.

A simple but radical spiritual practice is to accept whatever arises in the Now, within and without.

There is nothing more gray, stultifying, or dreary than life lived inside the confines of a theory.

It's good fun to create an unpredictable character. When he comes into the room, I don't know what he's going to do - I have to find my way.

I've always been a deep thinker. Since I was a kid I was delving into the very depths of why we existed, often driving my parents crazy with unanswerable questions.

Twin Peaks was special because it was so groundbreaking. In the early 90s it really changed television a lot. A bunch of weird shows, like Northern Exposure, came on after that.