“Humility before the flower at the timber line is the gate which gives access to the path up the open fell.”

“Ibn Ata' Allah said: "God may open up for you the gates of obedience, but without opening up for you the gates of acceptance. On the other hand, He may Allow you to fall into disobedience which happens to lead you to the right path. DISOBEDIENCE that teaches you HUMILITY is better than PIETY that fills you with VANITY and ARROGANCE.”

“True humility is a flower which will adorn any garden.”

“Gates were creaking open inside him - paths, long sealed off, revealed themselves once more.”

“Books. They are lined up on shelves or stacked on a table. There they are wrapped up in their jackets, lines of neat print on nicely bound pages. They look like such orderly, static things. Then you, the reader come along. You open the book jacket, and it can be like opening the gates to an unknown city, or opening the lid of a treasure chest. You read the first word and you're off on a journey of exploration and discovery.”

“Ethics and I had crossed paths recently, and I’m not sure that I fell on the right side of the morality line.”