“You are a child seeking to be a man. When you are a man, you will seek in vain for the child you were.”

“Scientists seek the lawfulness of events. It is the task of Religion to fit man into this lawfulness.”

“Men, finding no answers to the sunnan [ten thousand religious questions from the Shari-ah] now apply their own reasoning. All men seek to be enlightened. Religion is but the most ancient and honorable way in which men have striven to make sense out of God’s universe. Scientists seek the lawfulness of events. It is the task of Religion to fit man into this lawfulness.”

“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.”

“You who have defeated us say to yourselves that Babylon is fallen and its works have been overturned. I say to you still that man remains on trial, each man in his own dock. Each man is a little war.”

“Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.”

“There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man - with human flesh.”