The faith I was born into formed me.

The most powerful moral influence is example.

Most mystics do not want to read religious wisdom; they want to be it. A postcard of a beautiful lake is not a beautiful lake, and Sufis may be defined as those who dance in the lake.

Most of the book deals with things we already know yet never learn.

Religion is the call to confront reality; to master the self.

If you are drilling for water, it's better to drill one 60-foot well than 10 6-foot wells.

I have a body and I have a soul. And my body belongs to the faith - in fact, the church - into which it was born, the Methodist Church.