“Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza.Poverty: The result of marriage.”

“Haste is from the Devil.”

“Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud.”

“Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaEmotionalist:A man or woman who thinks he has experienced the divine.”

“You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude.”

“Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaIntellectual: One who knows no craft.”

“We stand at a crossroads. Do we choose 'the will to power' or 'the will to humanity,' or perhaps a new configuration of both: the power of humanity?”

“One thing I learned as a journalist is that there is at least one disgruntled person in every workplace in America -- and at least double that number with a conscience. Hard as they try, they simpl...”

“Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you, --will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others, --or to dimini...”

“Understanding comes hard to persons of high rank who are accustomed to phony lifestyles that involve no daily work.”

“Creation and destruction are the two ends of the same moment. And everything between the creation and the next destruction is the journey of life.”

“But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her no effort.”

“SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN:Self-justification is worse than the original offence.”

“It is not Sufism if it does not perform its function for you. A cloak is no longer a cloak if it does not keep a man warm.”

“It is your duty to do your best. It is not, however, your birth-right to prevail.”