Rumi himself once said that counterfeit gold is only to be found because there is such a thing as real gold to be copied.

Knowledge cannot be attained except through humility.

Knowledge gives nothing to a man until he gives everything to it.

Patience is the food of understanding.

The Sufi must be able to alternate his thought between the relative and the Absolute, the approximate and the Real.

Sufism is therefore not 'Do as I say and not as I do', or even 'Do as I do', but 'Experience it and you will know'.

A Sufi has a right to be served, but he has no right to demand. Maruf Karkhi of Khorasan

Whoever might perfume a scorpionWill not thereby escape its sting. Bahaudin Naqshband

Life is for living.

The presence of hundreds of books had finally convinced Hermione that what they were doing was right.

Spring is nature's way of saying "Let's party!"

Laughter is the best medicine - unless you're diabetic, then insulin comes pretty high on the list.

As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples.

When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul

My mom was a screenwriter. I saw a lot of people who didn't seem very fulfilled creatively or otherwise by their roles in the motion picture industry.

A country that goes out of its way to imprison the innocent has no business preaching democracy to the world.

But the only possible guarantee of the future is responsible behavior in the present.