When humility is exercised, people begin to realise that they do not, as it were, exist at all.

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.

Hey, Geekoid!" yelled Duncan Dougal, "Why do you read so much? Don't you know how to watch TV?

Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful.

Writing a book has about it some of the anxiety of telling a joke and having to wait several years to know whether or not it was funny.

Having money is a way of being free of money.

WWII was, without exaggeration, the biggest event in all of human history, and it is still within living memory.

We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves.

We can't create a shift in normalised attitudes and behaviours without everybody on board, so not being sexist isn't enough - get stuck in and start tackling sexism too.

I have always reckoned myself among the greatest admirers of Mozart, and shall do so till the day of my death.

My advice: Don't quit. When I got to New York City, I lived so far below the poverty line, because I didn't give in and get a job at 7-Eleven. I think you can thrive in misery.

Love is our true destiny.