Take the wheat, not the measure in which it is contained

The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.

It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis.

The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete.

The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces.

Fettered feet in the presence of friends is better than living in a garden with strangers.

Sufism, " according to the Sufi, "is an adventure in living, necessary adventure.

Religion, for instance, cannot be accepted or rejected out of hand, until the student knows exactly what religion means.

It is axiomatic that the attempt to become a Sufi through a desire for personal power as normally understood will not succeed.

The basic urge toward mysticism is never, in the unaltered man, clear enough to be recognized for what it is.

among roses, be a rose, among thorns, be a thorn

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...

What happens to a dream deferred?

We normally know we're getting older when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded

Introduction - a social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and the plaguing of his enemies.

Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world are for the common people.

What a society deems important is enshrined in its art

I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion.

I don't think good and evil are polarized.

It is necessary for the mind to become free of the illusions of this world and become a fine and marvelous instrument of the Inner Being.

Sports teaches you very important lessons that are many and varied. It's probably the closest thing to the lessons we learned in fighting and warfare, about loyalty and growing up.