The spiritual life is a call to action. But it is a call to ... action without any selfish attachment to the results.

Having come to realize in the first stage of meditation that we are not our bodies, in the second stage we make an even more astounding discovery; we are not our minds either.

When someone at peace and free from hurry enters a room, that person has a calming effect on everyone present.

The capacity to be patient, to bear with others through thick and thin, is within the reach of anyone.

Love is so exquisitely elusive. It cannot be bought, cannot be badgered, cannot be hijacked. It is available only in one rare form: as the natural response of a healthy mind and healthy heart.

Wisdom may be perennial, but to see its relevance we must see it lived out.

The Sufis advise us to speak only after our words have managed to pass through three gates. At the first gate, we ask ourselves, 'Are these words true?' If so, we let them pass on; if not, back they go. At the second gate, we ask, 'Are the necessary?' At the last gate, we ask, 'Are they kind?'