“Generosity is also marked by doing what one says one will do. Saadi teaches: ‘when the generous promise, they perform” — Idries Shah Generosity Copy Share Image
“It is axiomatic that the attempt to become a Sufi through a desire for personal power as normally understood will not succeed.” — Idries Shah Concealment Copy Share Image
“As the Eastern saying, by the sage Hilali, has it, 'one person who understands is worth a hundred who merely obey a… — Idries Shah Knowledge Copy Share Image
“The problem is that the spurious, the unreal, the untrue is so much easier to find that it is in danger of… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
