If you can turn a murderer into a mere thief, you are making progress.

The secret of Sufism is that it has no secret at all'.

A man who believes the word of a donkey in preference to my word does not deserve to be lent anything.

Anyone can see that an ass laden with books remains a donkey. A human being laden with the undigested results of a tussle with thoughts and books, however, still passes for wise.

The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.

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.

If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.