“People talk of the Sufi way. Wrong. If there is a way, it’s not Sufism.”

“The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.”

“It’s going to happen, people are going to talk and that’s great. If people are talking, they’re being entertained in one way or another, so carry on.”

“it’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.”

“I can’t just open myself up the way some people can. And down here, you’re raised a certain way. You’re taught to keep some things private, family matters especially. It’s just the way it’s done.""Everyone worships the past but no one really wants to talk about it.”

“It’s a way of talking about lust without talking about lust, he told them. It is a way of talking about sex, and fear of sex, and death, and fear of death, and what else is there to talk about?”