When people have a hard task to do - one which stretches them - they become less concerned with trivial matters.

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.

Your moment is now. Claim it!

It is hard to begin and harder to finish.

Courage can't exist without action. Anything else is a lion without his roar.

He who excuses himself accuses himself. (Qui s'excuse s'accuse.)

Do you guys think its worse to wear a fedora or kill 15 people?

Being president of the University of California is like being manager of a cemetery: there are many people under you, but no one is listening

Once you put yourself in the hands of the government, you could end up in Utah.

Adrenaline is an amazing thing.

I think it's a mistake to rely too much on any one economic factor. It's why investors try to spread their portfolio round.

There's nothing better than being able to give your children wings so they can soar and fly in the direction they want to go in.