“Dramatic. A well developed sense of the dramatic has values beyond what people usually imagine. One of these is to realise the limitations of a sense of the dramatic.”

“History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant.”

“Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.”

“Because there is a word for perfection, people will always imagine that they know it.”

“The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day.”

“The more you look at 'common knowledge', the more you realise that it is more likely to be common than it is to be knowledge.No real knowledge is common.”

“The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love.”