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

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

From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying: 'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment.

Christian scholars often say that Sufi theories are close to those of Christianity. Many Moslems maintain that they are essentially derived from Islam. The resemblance of many Sufi ideas to those of several religious and esoteric systems are sometimes taken as evidence of derivation. The Islamic interpretation is that religion is of one origin, differences being due to local or historical causes.

Advice is priceless: when it becomes interference it is preposterous.

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

When you realize the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge.