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

It is not enough that there is a collection of people with the common aim of working in unison towards an objective... Aspiration and desire only are not enough.

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

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

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.

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

We view Sufism not as an ideology that molds people to the right way of belief or action, but as an art or science that can exert a beneficial influence on individuals and societies, in accordance with the needs of those individuals and societies ... Sufi study and development gives one capacities one did not have before.