When the lion had eaten its fill, and the jackals had taken their share, the ants came along and finished up the meat from the bones of the haughty stag.

Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.

The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.

Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.

Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.

Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.

You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean.

The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.

Meditation - Before you learn how to meditate, you must unlearn what you think meditation might be.

Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?

Right time, right place, right people equals success. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history.

There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty.

Be sure that whatever you are is you.

She’d been caught up in that image, that flash, man’s nuclear stamp, and had not really understood what happened after.

I don't care where I'm from, nor where I'm going. From hell to hell.

One quality of leaders and high achievers in every area seems to be a commitment to ongoing personal and professional development.

No one is perfect. I know there is stuff that I need to work on, and not just one thing, but my game overall. Everything can get better.

It is so sad how hatred is a seed we planted in the hearts of kids. We are going to be working for years and years to try and fix this.

We are called upon to become creators, to make the world new.

When I write I just keep a waste paper basket handy in case I am experiencing a block.

Dirty energy is a finite resource; the more of it we use, the scarcer it becomes.