The colour of the water seems to be the colour of the glass into which it has been poured'.

To be obsessed by the idea of freedom, for instance, is itself a form of slavery. Such people are in the chains of the hope of freedom, and are therefore able to do little else than struggle with them.

Talking about straws and camels' backs is just one way of approaching things. If you have enough camels, no backs need be broken.

Enemies are often former or potential friends who have been denied - or think that they have been denied - something.

Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?

It is not enough that there is a collection of people with the common aim of working in unison towards an objective... Aspiration and desire only are not enough.

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