Banality is like boredom: bored people are boring people, people who think that things are banal are themselves banal. Interesting people can find something interesting in all things.

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.

They possess the self- effacing virtues of people who are inclined to be useful but don’t need to prove anything to the world:

A scientist said once that if the ocean were as clear as the sky, if we could see everything in it, no one would ever go in the sea.

He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the winter after.

In this world is a God whose matchless strength is a fit contrast to the sordid weakness of man.

Failure builds muscle, determination, and dreams.

The great cause of revolutions is this, that while nations move onward, constitutions stand still.

India has large proven reserves of gas that remain unexploited.

Ladies and Gentleman, I'm afraid I've got some BAD NEWS.

A merry heart goes all the way, - A sad one tires inan hour.

My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.