Like the bat, the Sufi is asleep to 'things of the day' - the familiar struggle for existence which the ordinary man finds all-important - and vigilant while others are asleep. In other words, he keeps awake the spiritual attention dormant in others. That 'mankind sleeps in a nightmare of unfulfillment' is a commonplace of Sufi literature

Meditation - Before you learn how to meditate, you must unlearn what you think meditation might be.

It is not only a matter of not caring who knows - it is also a matter of knowing who cares.

History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant.

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.

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.

Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.