Good. Show me a man who thinks that he knows what 'good'…

“Show me a person who really knows what 'good' is, and I will show you that he almost never uses the word.”

— Idries Shah

Somebody once said, you have to wait 20 years before you can tell if a movie's any good or not so that's probably true.

— Walter Hill

I think the only thing I would've ever been any good at was probably being a pub landlord. I've thought of that a couple…

— Joe Cocker

I look good, but I probably have the insides of Elvis.

— David Hasselhoff

“I mean, she looked good. Really good. I probably would've been tongue-tied if I could've said anything except reet, reet, reet.”

— Rick Riordan

“The number of those who have nothing to recommend them and of those in whom nothing but good can be found is probably equal”

— Lady Murasaki Shikibu

“Saadi: Be a true renouncer, (zahid) and [you can even] ware satin.”

— Idries Shah

We view Sufism not as an ideology that molds people to the right way of belief or action, but as an art or science…

— Idries Shah

“You may be able to get the bone down your throat But if it reaches your stomach it will tear your navel. (Gulistan)”

— Idries Shah

It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis.

— Idries Shah

“Yes, the world is an illusion. But Truth is always being shown there.”

— Idries Shah

“Sufis are those who have expunged from their minds the human tendencies of envy and enmity.”

— Idries Shah

“Do not tell your secrets to everyone in this headquarters, Earth. We have surveyed it well. There was nobody to whom to entrust secrets.”

— Idries Shah

“Sufism is transmitted by means of the human exemplar, the teacher.”

— Idries Shah

“To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions; and not to try to avoid what is your lot.”

— Idries Shah