The Sufi is One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to seek for what he has not.

Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.

A real secret is something which only one person knows.

Premature independence is the daughter of conceit.

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

Learn to be as analytical about things of which you are credulous as you are of those which you criticise.

To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides.