Death Quotes by Idries Shah

11 Death quotes by Idries Shah

Idries Shah's musings on the end of life blend wit with philosophical insight. In this short set you’ll catch the flavor of his approach, perfect for a quick dip into how he frames mortality.

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“Sufism, in one definition, "is" human life.”

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“Sufism is experiential”

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“Call yourself unlucky only if you take up coffin-making and people stop dying.”

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“Saying of the Mulla Nasrudin. If I survive this life without dying, I'll be surprised.”

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“Poor greedy one, wherever he runs He's after food, and death is after him. (Saadi)”

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A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was…

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“You have come a long way, and you do not know it. You have a long way to go, and you do…

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

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“They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to…

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Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction. A human being may be…

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“It is no accident that Sufis find that they can connect most constructively with people who are well integrated into the world,…

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“Teach honesty by all means - you do know what it is, don't you?”

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Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right…

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

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“No existe práctica en aislamiento.”

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A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was eventually stung…

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

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

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

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

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The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day.

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“Who is the wrong person to criticise? You”

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

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“People are always trying to understand. There is only one way to do that. It is to discover < + i + >why< +…

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

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