An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't changed, but that other people are behaving worse than before.
If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.
Premature independence is the daughter of conceit.
The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.
A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.
... when we are talking about 'Christians' and 'Moslems' we must first make sure that we are talking about people who have an idea, which should be more or less correct, as to what the other is supposed to believe and what he is expected to do as a consequence of that belief.