“Forms have changed through the centuries in obedience to the external world to which all forms belong.” — Idries Shah External world Copy Share Image
None should say: 'I can trust' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting or not… — Idries Shah Trust Copy Share Image
Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind. — Idries Shah Knowledge Copy Share Image
“All forms are limited. Some of the limitations are time, place, culture, language.” — Idries Shah Essence Copy Share Image
The colour of the water seems to be the colour of the glass into which it has been poured'. — Idries Shah Colour Copy Share Image
“Has it not occurred to you that, conversely, other people do not have your difficulties because they do not react as you… — Idries Shah Adversity Copy Share Image
“When the human being says: 'It is not true...' He may mean: 'I don't know about it, so I think it is… — Idries Shah Desire Copy Share Image
Learn to be as analytical about things of which you are credulous as you are of those which you criticise. — Idries Shah Credulous Copy Share Image
The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day. — Idries Shah Every moment Copy Share Image
“Abu-Yaqub al-Susi: the Sufi is 'One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to… — Idries Shah Hindu Copy Share Image
“The people of the world have a fixed destiny. But the spiritually developed receive what is “not” in their destiny.” — Idries Shah Destiny Copy Share Image
“Because there is a word for perfection, people will always imagine that they know it.” — Idries Shah Excellence Copy Share Image
“A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information…The key is the teacher.” — Idries Shah Book Copy Share Image
“If you seek a teacher, try to become a real student. If you want to be a student, try to find a… — Idries Shah Education Copy Share Image
“Fettered feet in the presence of friends is better than living in a garden with strangers.” — Idries Shah Friendship Copy Share Image
“A man from the Land of Fools wanted to pull down the clouds. 'Why?' someone asked him. 'To squeeze out the rain.” — Idries Shah Absurd Copy Share Image
“Saying of the Mulla Nasrudin. If I survive this life without dying, I'll be surprised.” — Idries Shah Death Copy Share Image
“We are adjured not to burn the candle at both ends. But how many people have verified that physically possible?” — Idries Shah Action Copy Share Image
“Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests.” — Idries Shah Evolution Copy Share Image
“It has truly been said that 'Humility is not so much a virtue as a necessity, in order to learn.” — Idries Shah Character Copy Share Image
“Virtually all organisations known to you work largely by means of your greed. They attract you because... they appeal to your greed.” — Idries Shah Conditioning Copy Share Image
“Aprender a aprender: Decir "sí" a la vía sufi es decir "no" a las fugas imaginadas.” — Idries Shah Amor Copy Share Image
“Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction.” — Idries Shah Identity Copy Share Image
“Remember the proverb: 'A sign is enough for the alert, but a thousand counsels are not enough for the negligent.” — Idries Shah Attention Copy Share Image
“Only the search for truth is valid, the desire for wisdom the motive. The method is assimilation, not study.” — Idries Shah Discipleship Copy Share Image
When the Higher Man does something worthy of admiration, it is an evidence of his Mastership, not the object of it. — Idries Shah Admiration Copy Share Image
The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning. — Idries Shah Book Copy Share Image
“The person that you feel yourself to be, according to the Sufis, is a false person, which has no true reality.” — Idries Shah Evolution Copy Share Image
“It is necessary to note," says Rumi, "that opposite things work together, even though nominally opposed" (Fihi Ma Fihi).” — Idries Shah Rumi Copy Share Image
“Laziness is always your fault. It is the sign that a man has persevered in uselessness for too long.” — Idries Shah Ego Copy Share Image
“To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon.” — Idries Shah Character Copy Share Image
“The means through which people may perceive Truth have forms; Truth has no form.” — Idries Shah History Copy Share Image
“Sufis are not here to satisfy a demand. They exist to share what they have got. These two things are not always… — Idries Shah Evolution Copy Share Image
“Careful preparation is necessary before people can perceive something which is there all the time.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Call yourself unlucky only if you take up coffin-making and people stop dying.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“That which is given free is never knowledge. It may be information…but knowledge does not come in that manner.” — Idries Shah Freedom Copy Share Image
“first pious man, who said: ‘Did you encounter my disciples and help them?’ Khidr answered:” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Anybody or anything may stand between you and knowledge if you are unfit for it. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Three things cannot be retrieved: The arrow once sped from the bow The word spoken in haste The missed opportunity. Ali, the… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Feeling important is a vice, not a virtue, however concealed as participation in something noble.” — Idries Shah Character Copy Share Image
