“Imagination blocks you like a bolt on a door. Burn that bar. (Rumi)”
Source: Sufi Thought and Action: An Anthology of Important Papers
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Famous Idries Shah Quotes
Source: Caravan of Dreams
Source: The World Of The Sufi
Source: Seeker After Truth: A Handbook
“Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza A fool: A man trying to be honest with the dishonest.”
Source: Caravan of Dreams
Source: Knowing How to Know : A Practical Philosophy in the Sufi Tradition
“Most people, whatever their opinions and protestations, do not want to learn.”
Source: Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
“Patience is a garment which has never worn out.”
Source: The Dermis Probe
“Patience is bitter, but bears a sweet fruit.”
Source: The Dermis Probe
“Patience is the food of understanding.”
Source: A Perfumed Scorpion: A Way to the Way
“Humility has to precede instruction.”
Source: Sufi Thought and Action: An Anthology of Important Papers
“Humility is a teacher of itself. It is learnt by means of its practise.”
Source: Wisdom of the Idiots
“When humility is exercised, people begin to realise that they do not, as it were, exist at all.”
Source: Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
“Man has less than he suspects of: time, friends, hopes, qualities. Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams”
Source: Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
“Trust is needed before lessons can be learnt.”
Source: Sufi Thought and Action: An Anthology of Important Papers
“The institution of teachership is there for this reason, that the learner must learn how to learn.”
Source: Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
“Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza Wisdom: Something you can learn without knowing it.”
Source: Caravan of Dreams
Source: The Way of the Sufi
“The door of illumination is open to those for whom other doors are closed.”
Source: The Commanding Self
“For every Pharoah there is a Moses.”
Source: Caravan of Dreams
“Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza Poverty: The result of marriage.”
Source: Caravan of Dreams
“A man must be a Salomon before his magical ring will work”
Source: The Way of the Sufi
“Saying of the Prophet The Judge A man appointed to be a judge has been killed without a knife.”
Source: Caravan of Dreams
“Sufis are those who have expunged from their minds the human tendencies of envy and enmity.”
Source: Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
Source: The World Of The Sufi