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

“Almost every day I am reminded of Saadi's reflection that there is no senseless tyranny like that of subordinates.”

“Causes: As important a fact as any individual cause on earth is the vital incapacity of the human individual to distinguish between genuine cause and one which is foisted upon him by pressure, envi...”

“You say that this society will come to an end, because societies always have done so. I wonder whether they have ended because they were not really societies at all.”

“Presence and AbsenceA certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence: I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence.”

“EXPECTATION If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.”

“The ego is like a clever monkey, which can co-opt anything, even the most spiritual practices, so as to expand itself. (155)”

“Ego like bile over taste buds. Get it out or hold it in. It's the suspension will drive you nuts, churn your gut.”

“War within ourselves is always a prelude to war outside ourselves. All war starts within our own hearts. When our egos are inflated or our desires insatiable, we go to war with the other for the sa...”

“Don't just stand there and nod. The mind observes and cogitates, the heart engages, and I would encourage you to engage with the process.”

“The necessary and needful reaction from the collective unconscious expresses itself in archetypally formed ideas. The meeting with oneself is, at first, the meeting with one's own shadow. The shado...”

“The unconscious no sooner touches us than we are itwe become unconscious of ourselves. That is the age-old danger, instinctively known and feared by primitive man, who himself stands so very close ...”

“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.”