Don’t be surprised by your greatness. Be surprised that no one expected it.

The self may be extinguished, but there are many selves and the Will creates them.

Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.

Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me!

Nothing is the whole story. The self’s curse – and the writer’s.

In love, there is no need to choose between self and other, because self is other.

I am forever fettered to myself [...] and that's what I must try to live with.

Să nu te cerţi cu oamenii mai mult decât cu tine însuţi.

There is nothing we could add to that which has already been created....perfection.

Love yourself enough to open your eyes, and open your eyes enough to love yourself.

I don't judge people. It blurs out the center of my attention,my focus, myself.

When you are aligned with the truth of who you truly are, then you experience bliss.

The worst battle you'll have to fight is between what you know and how you feel.

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

We read the weird tales in newspapers to crowd out the even weirder stuff inside us.