“It is not important to have said a thing first, or best - or even most interestingly. What is important is to say it on the right occasion.”

“It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis.”

“You have not forgotten to remember;You have remembered to forget.But people can forget to forget. That is just as important as remembering to remember - and generally more practical.”

“I have heard all that you have had to say to me on your problems.You ask me what to do about them.It is my view that your real problem is that you are a member of the human race.Face that one first.”

“Right time, right place, right people equals success.Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history.”

“Banality is like boredom: bored people are boring people, people who think that things are banal are themselves banal.Interesting people can find something interesting in all things.”

“Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right effort, right time, right people, right materials.”