Forms have changed through the centuries in obedience to the external world to which all forms belong.

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.

Certainly there were places of greater natural beauty—but Paris but UNNATURAL beauty, which was arguably better.' - The Runaway Queen (The Bane Chronicles, 2) by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson

Maturity dare to be the first to shine as a light in the dark.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.

The mind is a poetic meadow for reification, where dark and light things are created

A man can smile and smile and be a villain.

Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.

Through the Unknown, we'll find the New

I feel like something important has happened to me. Is this possible?

Life's generally artless ... but it does get these occasional hard-ons for plot. It connects things, nefariously, behind your back, and before you know it you're in the final act of a lousy movie.

If you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.