“The other world is as to this like the east to the west. We cannot approach the one without turning away from the other.”

O my people, I disavow all that you associate [with God]. I orient my face with an exclusive orientation towards Him, who created the heavens and the earth and I am not one of the associators.

By reason of his elegance, he resembles an image painted in a palace, though he is as majestic as the palace itself.

Fear that man who fears not God.

Abu Sa’id al-Kharraz said I have never known Allah May He be exalted except through the coincidence in Him of the opposites. ‘He is the First and the Last, the Apparent and the Hidden.’

Death is a black camel, which kneels at the gates of all.

Some men, like spaniels, will only fawn the more when repulsed, but will pay little heed to a friendly caress.

The diurnal sun sets at night, but the sun of the heart never disappears.

When God wanted to create the horse, he said to the South Wind, “I want to make a creature of you. Condense.” And the Wind condensed.

Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.

The absolutely Non-Manifested cannot be designated by any expression which could limit It, Separate It, or include It. In spite of this, every allusion alludes only to Him, every designation designates Him, and He is at the same time the Non-Manifested and the Manifested.

It is with a word as with an arrow–once let it loose and it does not return.

None can stand aside with unconcern; the interest of everyone hangs on the result. Whether he chooses or not, every man is drawn into the great historical struggle, the decisive battle into which our epoch has plunged us.

Everybody has their own approach. I don’t adhere to any one philosophy. I learn a lot from life and people – watching and other people watching.

The interventionists do not approach the study of economic matters with scientific disinterestedness. Most of them are driven by an envious resentment against those whose incomes are larger than their own. This bias makes it impossible for them to see things as they really are.

One doesn’t do existential therapy as a freestanding separate theory; rather it informs your approach to such issues as death, which many therapists tend to shy away from.

I approach everyday personal beauty very naturally; I try to make it look like I’m not wearing makeup.

The book of Acts is the best aid in approaching our work. We do not find there anyone consecrating himself as a preacher nor anyone deciding to do the Lord’s work by making himself a missionary or a pastor. What we do see is the Holy Spirit Himself appointing and sending men out to do the work.

The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God.

Once it gets down to single-digit games, you know the season’s end is approaching, and we’re all pretty physically tired.