“Be not entangled in this world of days and nights; Thou hast another time and space as well.”

Sexual self-restraint is only a preliminary stage in the ego’s evolution.

Divine life is in touch with the whole universe on the analogy of the soul’s contact with the body.

Islam is itself destiny and will not suffer destiny.

Words, without power, is mere philosophy.

The wing of the Falcon brings to the king, the wing if the crow brings him to the cemetery.

It is the lot of man to share in the deeper aspirations of the universe around him and to share his own destiny as well as that of the universe, now by adjusting himself to its forces, now by putting the whole of his energy to his own ends and purposes.

Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science.

Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct.

Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity.

I am a hidden meaning made to defy. The grasp of words, and walk away With free will and destiny. As living, revolutionary clay.

The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer.

A wrong concept misleads the understanding; a wrong deed degrades the whole man, and may eventually demolish the structure of the human ego.

The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it.

But the perception of life as an organic unity is a slow achievement, and depends for its growth on a people’s entry into the main current of world-events.

I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interest of India and Islam.

Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile.

The mirror sees the man as beautiful, the mirror loves the man; another mirror sees the man as frightful and hates him; and it is always the same being who produces the impressions.

What a great idea! Maybe, I could do the same thing with my music. Create a place where a kid off the street could walk in one door, an unknown, go through a process, and come out another door, a star.

Nothing can prevent us from another day and night, and the myth of perpetual flight.

When you name yourself, you always name another.

I hate to compare anything, especially while I’m promoting. I feel that’s another disrespect, but ‘Ocean’s 13’ is the best movie I’ve ever done in my life. No question.

You cannot strengthen one by weakening another; and you cannot add to the stature of a dwarf by cutting off the leg of a giant.

I myself, with my own hands, have done 5,000 abortions. I have supervised another 10,000 that residents have done under my direction. So I have 75,000 abortions in my life. Those are pretty good credentials to speak on the subject of abortion.

Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level.