Being sorry for myself is a luxury I can't afford.
Start first and increase your lead.
Sailboat racing becomes a game of chance only when you are not prepared
I will never try to steer myself into a situation that I know might create a discussion after the race any protest immediately cuts down on my social hours after the race is over.
I recently turned 60. Practically a third of my life is over.
Even the Quran, which Sufis respect as the direct speech of God, lacks the capacity to shed light upon God’s essence. As one Sufi master has argued, why spend time reading a love letter (by which he means the Quran) in the presence of the Beloved who wrote it?
If you train your children to anything, train them, at least, to a habit of prayer.
I do not like the phrase: Never cross a bridge till you come to it. The world is owned by men who cross bridges on their imaginations miles and miles in advance of the procession.