When Fortune knocks, open the door,' they say. But why should one make fortune knock, by keeping the door shut?

Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.

The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.

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

Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.

Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.

You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean.

The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.

Meditation - Before you learn how to meditate, you must unlearn what you think meditation might be.

Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?

Right time, right place, right people equals success. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history.

The paths you walk in life should always be by design, either consciously or subconsciously.

When we feel conflicted about a particular decision or action, our bodies often hold the answer—if we take the time to stop and tune in.

No one is ever alone and silence does not equate defeat.

I'm so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.

It's hard to speculate what tomorrow may bring.

Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind.

The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creatures that cannot.

I'm a big girl, Finn.

[Perfection] is only possible if the mind of man is changed, if he, of his own sweet will, changes his mind; and the great difficulty is, neither can he force his own mind.

If history moves forward, knowledge of it travels backwards, so that in writing of our own recent past we are continually meeting ourselves coming the other way.