"When there is a true or useful thing, there is sure to be a counterfeit."

"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."

"Before the antidote arrives from Iraq The man with snake-bite will be dead."

"Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions."

"Patience is a garment which has never worn out."

"From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying:'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment."

"These lecture provide material for the consideration of common factors, in theory and in development, from the viewpoint of the idea of surrender to the Divine Will, reviewing some aspects of the interplay between Christians and Moslems, and introducing material from and about Sufis."

"Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests."

"Sufism is always systematised only for limited or transitory periods: because Sufism is primarly instrumental, not for enjoyment or display."

"The secret of Sufism is that it has no secret at all'."

"...action is in fact knowledge in operation. Right action stems from right knowledge. Right knowledge is acquired through the teacher."

"When people believe that the form is more important than the Truth, they will not find truth, but will stay with form."

"Understanding and knowledge are completely different sensations in the realm of Truth than they are in the realm of society."

"The sort of man who, throwing a stone upon the ground, would miss."

"One of the great Sufis said: 'A saint is a saint unless he knows that he is one."