It is not ‘Have I got a chance?’ It is more often: ‘Have I seen my chance?

Humility cannot be taught by propaganda, though slavery can. Shouting for humility is a form of arrogance. One of my most abiding recollections is of a priest at a religious occasion once roaring, in the...

The existence of relative truth does not prove the non-existence of universal truth.

People don’t get the gurus they deserve, they get the gurus they manufacture.

La existencia de una verdad relativa no prueba la inexistencia de la verdad universal.

Forms of Love: A man once decided that all perfection and beauty was in the tree. It gave fruit, shelter, materials for manufacturers. It did this, too, without apparently making demands. It was there for...

Si alguien dice: “no seas codicioso, sé generoso” debes interpretar internamente que así desarrollarás una codicia por la generosidad.

To drown in treacle is just as unpleasant as to drown in mud.People today are in danger of drowning in information; but because they have been taught information is useful, they are more willing to...

Los medios por medio de los cuales la gente percibe la verdad tienen formas. La verdad no tiene forma.

My father used to tell me that stories offer the listener a chance to escape but, more importantly, he said, they provide people with a chance to maximize their minds. Suspend ordinary constraints, allow the...

La gente del mundo tiene un destino prefijado. Pero quien está desarrollado espiritualmente recibe lo que ‘no’ está en su destino.

La institución de la enseñanza existe por esta razón: el aprendiz debe aprender a aprender.

The means through which people may perceive Truth have forms; Truth has no form.

Sufis are not here to satisfy a demand. They exist to share what they have got. These two things are not always the same.

Sufism is, in operation, pragmatic.