Sufism was formerly a reality without a name: now it is a name without a reality.

Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.

When the mind is full of established biases, it will not be able to graft Sufism on top of them.

You may have forgotten the Way: But those who came beforeDid not forget you.Saying of Master Bahaudin Naqshband of Bokhara

The donkey which brought you to this door must be dismissed if you want to get through it’.

it was being written in the East that 'Sufism was formerly a reality without a name: now it is a name without a reality'.

Sufism is experience, and hence not to be defined – imprisoned – in perennial, static categories.

Sufism is always systematised only for limited or transitory periods: because Sufism is primarly instrumental, not for enjoyment or display.

When it's your will versus another person's will, the worst thing you can do is smile in their face when you're competing. That's what I tell our guys. Go have fun.

A true measure of strength is to use your hands to incapacitate somebody.

FACT!: I wanna live in a castle.

I've always resisted the idea of becoming a David Hasselhoff, and I hope I'm still resisting it.

I'm not running for some Americans but for all Americans.

You wanted to know my passions? Allow me to introduce them to you.

The cities of the future will be much smaller than they are today.

What you stand for is more important than what you stand in.

Studies have been done showing that there really are gender differences, that women do bring more congeniality and compromise to the table.

Oh yes, things get me mad. But the thing is, I get mad, and then I turn around and I forget.