A motto of the human race: Let me do what I like, and give me approval as well. — Idries Shah Approval Copy Share Image
The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk. — Idries Shah Hindu Copy Share Image
“If you are penniless you will have a thousand dreams. Get even a single piece of money, however, and you will have… — Idries Shah Dreams Copy Share Image
The chicken had his wish, and was magically transformed into a fox. Then he found that he could not digest grain. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Our objective is to achieve, by the understanding of the Origin, the Knowledge which comes through experience.” — Idries Shah Evolution Copy Share Image
You need not wonder whether you should have an unreliable person as a friend. An unreliable person is nobody's friend. — Idries Shah Friend Copy Share Image
“The Sufis regard systems which treat everyone alike as mechanical and degenerate.” — Idries Shah Psychology Copy Share Image
“A loan is the scissors of friendship. A man's own tongue may cut his throat. The cage has no value without the… — Idries Shah Friendship Copy Share Image
“if... says: 'Do not be greedy, be generous', you may inwardly interpret this in such a manner that you will develop a… — Idries Shah Conditioning Copy Share Image
If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“If you give what can be takes, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to… — Idries Shah Generosity Copy Share Image
“These lecture provide material for the consideration of common factors, in theory and in development, from the viewpoint of the idea of… — Idries Shah Christianity Copy Share Image
Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Remembering and Forgetting You have not forgotten to remember; You have remembered to forget. But people can forget to forget. That is… — Idries Shah Forgetting Copy Share Image
One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past,… — Idries Shah Belief Copy Share Image
“The Book of Wisdom. Simab said: 'I shall sell the Book of Wisdom for a hundred gold pieces, and some people will… — Idries Shah Book Copy Share Image
“Show a man too many camels' bones, or show them to him too often, and he will not be able to recognize… — Idries Shah Camels Copy Share Image
Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction. A human being may be… — Idries Shah Alive Copy Share Image
“Sufism is transmitted by means of the human exemplar, the teacher.” — Idries Shah Evolution Copy Share Image
“To say "yes" to the Sufi way is to say "no" to imagined escapes.” — Idries Shah Conditioning Copy Share Image
If you can turn a murderer into a mere thief, you are making progress. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“But the minimum human duty is to serve others: it is no great attainment.” — Idries Shah Duty Copy Share Image
“When humility is exercised, people begin to realise that they do not, as it were, exist at all.” — Idries Shah Ego Copy Share Image
“One of the basic Sufi needs is to enable people to see themselves as they really are.” — Idries Shah Hindu Copy Share Image
“Show me a person who really knows what 'good' is, and I will show you that he almost never uses the word.” — Idries Shah Belief Copy Share Image
“Learning how to learn involves examining assumptions. Mulla Nasrudin tales very often fulfil this funcition.” — Idries Shah Assumptions Copy Share Image
“Remedy Your medicine is in you, and you do not observe it. Your ailment is from yourself, and you do not register… — Idries Shah Knowledge Copy Share Image
“Never follow any impulse to teach, however strong it might be. The command to teach is not felt as an impulsion.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Si realmente quieres aprender, no te sorprendas si alguien trata de enseñarte. Y no rechaces el método a la ligera.” — Idries Shah Amor Copy Share Image
“Laziness - The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.” — Idries Shah Behaviour Copy Share Image
