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.

The chicken had his wish, and was magically transformed into a fox. Then he found that he could not digest grain.

Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.

He that is purified by love is pure; and he that is absorbed in the Beloved and hath abandoned all else is a Sufi.Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah.

Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right effort, right time, right people, right materials.

Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.

An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't changed, but that other people are behaving worse than before.