The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Anyone can see that an ass laden with books remains a donkey. A human being laden with the undigested results of a… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
A motto of the human race: Let me do as I like, and give me approval as well. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Right time, right place, right people equals success. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
The learned person who only talks will never Penetrate to the inner heart of humans. — Idries Shah 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 Copy Share Image
A motto of the human race: Let me do what I like, and give me approval as well. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“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 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 is right… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was eventually stung… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Sufis are those who have expunged from their minds the human tendencies of envy and enmity.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Yes, the world is an illusion. But Truth is always being shown there.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
