Source: Caravan of Dreams
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Famous Idries Shah Quotes
“Imagination blocks you like a bolt on a door. Burn that bar. (Rumi)”
Source: Sufi Thought and Action: An Anthology of Important Papers
Source: The Dermis Probe
Source: Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
“It has truly been said that 'Humility is not so much a virtue as a necessity, in order to learn.”
Source: Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
Source: Caravan of Dreams
“Things which are seemingly opposed may in fact be working together”
Source: Seeker After Truth: A Handbook
Source: The World Of The Sufi
“Words, they say, are the food of minds. But, like other foods, they can do little by themselves.”
Source: Observations
Source: The Sufis
“Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza Intellectual: One who knows no craft.”
Source: Caravan of Dreams
“The existence of relative truth does not prove the non-existence of universal truth.”
Source: Reflections
Source: Seeker After Truth: A Handbook
“Sayings of the Prophet Trust: Trust in God – but tie your camel first.”
Source: Caravan of Dreams
“The spirit is the mirror; the body is the rust. (Divan-i-Shamsi Tabriz)”
“Fettered feet in the presence of friends is better than living in a garden with strangers.”
Source: The Sufis
“Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza A fool: A man trying to be honest with the dishonest.”
Source: Caravan of Dreams
“One day we will all wear a garment which has no pockets...”
Source: The Commanding Self
“Wisdom is when you understand what, previously, at best you only knew.”
Source: Observations
Source: Knowing How to Know : A Practical Philosophy in the Sufi Tradition
“SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN: Self-justification is worse than the original offence.”
Source: The Way of the Sufi
Source: Thinkers of the East
“Saying of the Prophet. The Bequest: I have nothing to leave you except my family.”
Source: Caravan of Dreams
“If wine is the enemy of religion, I shall devour the enemy of religion.”
Source: Sufi Thought and Action: An Anthology of Important Papers
“The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces.”
Source: The Sufis
Source: Caravan of Dreams
“If you cannot laugh frequently and genuinely, you have no soul.”
Source: Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
“When there is a true or useful thing, there is sure to be a counterfeit.”
Source: Seeker After Truth: A Handbook
Source: Seeker After Truth: A Handbook
Source: Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
“Most people, whatever their opinions and protestations, do not want to learn.”
Source: Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
Source: Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
“You make me a sinner if you stop me giving you hospitality.”
Source: Caravan of Dreams
“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
“Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza Patience: A support for the disappointed.”
Source: Caravan of Dreams
“Patience is the food of understanding.”
Source: A Perfumed Scorpion: A Way to the Way
“Make mankind your dwelling place.”
Source: The Dermis Probe
“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
“Saying of the Prophet Humility Humility and courtesy are themselves a part of piety.”
Source: Caravan of Dreams
“… the Sufi attitude is: ‘Let the real truth, whatever it may be, be revealed to me’.”
Source: The Commanding Self
Source: Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
“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
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
“All forms are limited. Some of the limitations are time, place, culture, language.”
Source: Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
Source: Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way