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

The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.

But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try, for instance, lifting yourself up by the bootstraps.

People today are in danger of drowning in information; but, because they have been taught that information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be. If they could handle information, they would not have to drown at all.

None should say: 'I can trust' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting or not trusting.

Banality is like boredom: bored people are boring people, people who think that things are banal are themselves banal. Interesting people can find something interesting in all things.

You have not forgotten to remember; You have remembered to forget. But people can forget to forget. That is just as important as remembering to remember - and generally more practical.