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.

Most people, whatever their opinions and protestations, do not want to learn.

Get thee to the novel! - the novel, that word-woven submarine, piloted by intimation and intuition, that will dive you to the deeps of the heart's maelstrom.

We always stay on the optimal path, when we practice the power of allowance.Allow everything to happen the way it does.Respond to everything with love and understanding.

It's easier to hate than to hurt.

You get a lot of borderline cases in libraries.

Iraq's Sunnis need to be brought back into the fold. They need to feel as though they have a stake in the success of Iraq rather than a stake in its failure.

Most artists probably feel lonely or set apart in childhood. But they grow up and find people who share their interests.

On his eighteenth day in the tiger cage, Robert Stoney began to lose hope of emerging unscathed.

Since my mom is the President of Ballet Hawaii, I'm always in touch with stuff going on.

...those of us who write for children are called, not to do something to a child, but be someone for a child.

Fourth, come home from work and take an active role with your family. Don't put work, friends, or sports ahead of listening to, playing with, and teaching your children.