No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.

Too much reasoning has spoiled the contemporary mind. People have lost their hearts and faith.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all.

Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.

You are the most important part of the family. Take care of yourself first. Then you'll be able to take care of everyone else even better.

The most basic condition for happiness is freedom. Here we do not mean political freedom, but freedom from the mental formations of anger, despair, jealousy, and delusion... As long as these poisons are still in our heart, happiness cannot be possible.

Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life. Don’t be attached to the future. Don’t worry about things you have to do. Don’t think about getting up or taking off to do anything. Don’t think about ‘departing.’

More valuable than treasures in a storehouse are the treasures of the body. The most valuable of all are the treasures of the heart.

Your persistent longing is your persistent voice. But when love grows cold, the heart grows silent. Burning love is the outcry of the heart! If you are filled with longing all the time, you will keep crying out, and if your love perseveres, your cry will be heard without fail.

Learning is as much an art as teaching.

What is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts? It is the glorious sound of a soul waking up!

The highest guiding principle in marriage should be the principle of selfless service to one's partner.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

Philosophy is based on speculation, on logic, on thought, on the synthesis of what we know and on the analysis of what we do not know. Philosophy must include within its confines the whole content of science, religion and art.

Although you appear in earthly form Your essence is pure Consciousness. You are the fearless guardian of Divine Light.

The wise man should keep the balance between love and power; he should keep the love in his nature ever increasing and expanding, and at the same time strengthen the will so that the heart may not easily be broken.

When we walk like we are rushing, we print anxiety and sorrow on the earth. We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the earth... Be aware of the contact between your feet and the earth. Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet.

From the metaphysical point of view there is nothing that can touch the formless except the art of music which in itself is formless.

It's your choice, what you do with the moment. If you're stuck in a traffic jam, you can get angry and honk your horn, or listen to Mozart. But when you have a very specific expectation of how things should be, then, of course, you end up hurting yourself.

If anybody asks what Sufism is, what kind of religion is it, the answer is that Sufism is the religion of the heart, the religion in which the thing of primary importance is to seek God in the heart of mankind.

Let every thought come and hug you, but you don't hug anything. Then, gradually, the noise will start to back off.

Art awakens a sense of real by establishing an intimate relationship between our inner being and the universe at large, bringing us a consciousness of deep joy.

There are a hundred and one nerves of the heart. One of them penetrates the centre of the head. Going upward through it, one attains immortality. The other (hundred nerve-courses) lead, in departing, to different worlds.