"You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean." This quotation by Alan Watts conveys the idea that, while a wave is an essential component of the ocean, all things in the physical universe, including humans,...
"You can't live at all, unless you can live fully now!"
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
When you’re anxious or worried, be patient. The key of patience opens the door of happiness.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
This is the real secret of life: to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now, and instead of calling it “work,” realize that this is play
It is that power that is within you, by means of which you move and attain liberation. It is the soul, but what is it when you have placed the soul underneath your arm?
Blessing is excess, so to speak, an excess of everything. Don't be content with being a faqih, say I want more - more than being a Sufi, more than being a mystic - more than each thing that comes before you.
A good man complains of no one; he does not look to faults.
Allahu akbar (God is great[er]) means that God is greater than that which you have imagined. It means don't stop there, come closer so that you see greatness. Seek so that you may find.