"Great men are great until they know it. Saints are holy until they know it."

"When humility is exercised, people begin to realise that they do not, as it were, exist at all."

"The impatient man is his own enemy; he slams the door on his own progress."

"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."

"Show me a person who really knows what 'good' is, and I will show you that he almost never uses the word."

"The major barrier to understanding is wishful thinking and following that which pleases one."

"The stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying. It was: 'What do you think I am, stupid, or something?"

"The teaching must, of course, work with the best part of the individual, must be directed to his or her real capacity."

"People generally deal with situations by means of assumptions."

"Inner Knowledge -- You want to become wise in one lesson: First become a real human being."