“ It is not Sufism if it does not perform its function for you. A cloak is no longer a cloak if it does not keep a man warm. Idries Shah
“ I can’t lie to you and tell you that standing in front of someone and offering them your soul and having them reject you is not gonna be one of the worst things that ever happens to you. You will wond… Krystal Sutherland
“ When one feels oneself smitten by love for a woman, one ought to say to oneself, “What are her surroundings? What has been her life? All one’s future happiness lies in the answer. Marcel Proust
“ Don’t try to visualize the great mass audience. There is no such audience—every reader is a different person. William Zinsser
“ That vice has often proved an emancipator of the mind, is one of the most humiliating, but, at the same time, one of the most unquestionable facts in history. William Edward Hartpole Lecky
“ How can you be one of the stars of heaven, when the stars are innumerable? What star number do you have? Sorin Cerin
“ L'homme qui n'a pas été anarchiste à seize ans est un imbécile. Mais c'en est un autre, s'il l'est encore à quarante. Georges Clemenceau
“ I was headed for an entire life spent alone, pitying myself for not being more, ignoring all those people who actually ask me to be more, because they see it in me. Charles Yu
“ There are three kind of history. The first is what really happened and that is forever lost. The second is what most people thought happened, and we can recover that with assiduous effort. The third i… Michael Gruber
“ Patience is a natural consequence of the cultivation of compassion & love, for ourselves and all beings. Allan Lokos
“ To tell others thatIt is a rumor Will not do. When your own heart asks How will you respond? Gosen Wakashū
