“He who knows himself, knows his Lord' means, among other things, that self-deception prevents knowledge.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
When a belief becomes more than an instrument, you are lost. You remain lost until you learn what 'belief' is really for. — Idries Shah 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 Copy Share Image
“All approaches to a study or an individual may start with a desire for attention. However they start, they must never end… — Idries Shah 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 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
“Superior experience and knowledge will be made available to a man or woman in exact accordance with his worth, capacity and earning… — Idries Shah 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 Copy Share Image
“I spent all night weaving a poem for you to wear. You look so beautiful when you wear my light.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“Voice in the night A voice whispered to me last night: 'There is no such thing as a voice whispering in the… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Our objective is to achieve, by the understanding of the Origin, the Knowledge which comes through experience.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“If you are 'humble', it may help you in ordinary life. If you are not, you will get nowhere in higher things.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“The phenomenal is the channel to the Truth. Al mujazu qantarat al Haqiqa.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Either burn me or burn with me (The Naskar Personalities, Sonnet 2924-2925) Naskar has many zones - neuroscientist, dervish, monk, decolonizer, sacred… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Neither imagine that you are false, nor lash yourself, for both may be forms of self-indulgence.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“In the value-framework of his age the verbal expression of Hallaj 's ecstatic state existed as a totality, and the meaning of… — Gilani Kamran Copy Share Image
“The intelligence of the heart bypasses the intellect in the head which works on assumptions and requires a lot of thinking and… — James Dillehay Copy Share Image
“The Sufis are unanimous that a Guide (Sheikh) is absolutely essential, though never available on demand: 'the Sufis are not merchants'.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“No risk, no discovery - no discovery, no humanity; had I stayed within the narrow confines of facts and figures, in fear… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Having drunk the dregs of Your Love, I am intoxicated beyond recognition. Now, I only pray for the nearness of You so… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“We cannot hunt for love. We can only surrender and become love’s prey.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
