A short time in the presence of the Friends (the Sufis) is better than a hundred years’ sincere, obedient dedication.

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.

We all are living in a world that will either kiss you or kill you..!!

Even though their marriage had been dead for over two years (her words, not mine), this put her in the role of the innocent. She was now a woman scorned. ~Shattered Reality

Far too often we allow the hurtful words of others to define us. From the book: Removing Your Shame Label.

Had I found the back of the net it would have been a double satisfaction but I've scored many goals and the important thing was for me to play well.

God is the celebrity author of the world's best seller. We have made god into the biggest celebrity of all, to contain our own emptiness.

Hair has always been important.

Laughter is a force for democracy.

The alleviation of the condition of insanity has also been accomplished now.

Standing near the door, we dipped our fingers in the holy water, crossed and blessed ourselves, and proceeded up to the sleeping-room, in the usual order, two by two.

She never inquired, but she never recoiled, either. This is a quality that I look for in a person, not recoiling.