If you want to strengthen an enemy and make him exult - hate him. — Idries Shah Enemy Copy Share Image
“The candle burned the moth: But soon it will vanish in its own fat.” — Idries Shah Candle Copy Share Image
“Yes, the world is an illusion. But Truth is always being shown there.” — Idries Shah Illusion Copy Share Image
“Si no puedes reír con frecuencia y autenticidad, no tienes alma.” — Idries Shah Amor Copy Share Image
It is not only a matter of not caring who knows - it is also a matter of knowing who cares. — Idries Shah Care Copy Share Image
“He who knows himself, knows his Lord' means, among other things, that self-deception prevents knowledge.” — Idries Shah Knowledge Copy Share Image
When you realize the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge. — Idries Shah Container Copy Share Image
“Cualquier sociedad que ordene a sus miembros adherirse a ambas cosas (cortesía y verdad) es fraudulenta.” — Idries Shah Amor Copy Share Image
“As swords were designed to kill They did well to make them tongue-shaped. (Anwar-i-Suhaili)” — Idries Shah Proverb Copy Share Image
“They say: 'Seek wisdom while you have the strength, or you may lose the strength without gaining wisdom.” — Idries Shah Evolution Copy Share Image
If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions. — Idries Shah Action Copy Share Image
“Exaggeration is a standard peculiarity of man. To deprecate is often a form of exaggeration which people do not notice, because it… — Idries Shah Deprecation Copy Share Image
There is a succession of experiences which together constitute the educational and developmental ripening of the learner, according to the Sufis. People… — Idries Shah Education Copy Share Image
“You say that this society will come to an end, because societies always have done so. I wonder whether they have ended… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Sufism is experiential. Capacities, even those for learning beyond a certain point, are provoked by Sufis, by one's own efforts and what… — Idries Shah Evolution Copy Share Image
“People think that they think things, and they also think that they know things. They could usefully give some attention to the… — Idries Shah Attention Copy Share Image
It is not enough that there is a collection of people with the common aim of working in unison towards an objective...… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“The important place held by Jesus among the world's six hundred million Moslems... and the agreement of both religions about the necessity… — Idries Shah Christianity Copy Share Image
“I have heard all that you have had to say to me on your problems. You ask me what to do about… — Idries Shah Asleep Copy Share Image
The main problem is that most commentators are accustomed to thinking of spiritual schools as 'systems', which are more or less alike,… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Before the antidote arrives from Iraq The man with snake-bite will be dead.” — Idries Shah Proverb Copy Share Image
“If you cannot laugh frequently and genuinely, you have no soul.” — Idries Shah Comedy Copy Share Image
Advice is priceless: when it becomes interference it is preposterous. — Idries Shah Advice Copy Share Image
The impatient man is his own enemy; he slams the door on his own progress. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Saadi: Be a true renouncer, (zahid) and [you can even] ware satin.” — Idries Shah Allah Copy Share Image
“Nobody can stand between you and knowledge if you are fit for it.” — Idries Shah Knowledge Copy Share Image
It is not 'Have I got a chance?' It is more often: 'Have I seen my chance? — Idries Shah Awakening Copy Share Image
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