...most systems end up by making imagined humility into a form of vanity, so they end up with vanity just the same.

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.

Minerva, kindly go to Hagrid's house, where you will find a large black dog sitting in the pumpkin patch. Take the dog to my office, tell him I will be with him shortly, then come back here.

Facts are always required to draw conclusions and make serious decisions.

People who are intolerant, categorize and over-react... should all be dragged against a wall and shot.

A writer is a strange instrument of our species, a harp of sorts, fine-tuned to the dark contradictions of life.

Focus on nurturing your healthy relationships so that they are even more loving and fulfilling.

I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don't acquire any identity or self-image of themselves as thinkers.

I see the necessity of preaching a full and present salvation from all sin.

The baby will talk when he talks, relax. It ain't like he knows the cure for cancer and just ain't spitting it out.

Fear can come across in absence of sharp corners, locked windows in hotel rooms, locks, passwords, security...fairytales (the type of storylines)...in fact everywhere.

Learning is a good thing, but unless it's tempered by faith and a love of freedom, it can be very dangerous indeed.