The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day.

Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction. A human being may be clinically alive and yet, despite all appearances, spiritually dead.

Effort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.

From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying: 'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment.

Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious.

Scholars of the East and West have heroically consecrated their whole working lives to making available, by means of their own disciplines, Sufi literary and philosophical material to the world at large. In many cases they have faithfully recorded the Sufis' own reiteration that the Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.

If you want to strengthen an enemy and make him exult - hate him.