“There is a saying that, according to what a person's mentality is, even an angel may seem to him to have a… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“There is no wisdom where there is no common sense: it cannot under those conditions find any expression.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Generosity is also marked by doing what one says one will do. Saadi teaches: ‘when the generous promise, they perform” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“As the Eastern saying, by the sage Hilali, has it, 'one person who understands is worth a hundred who merely obey a… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“It is axiomatic that the attempt to become a Sufi through a desire for personal power as normally understood will not succeed.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Ultimately though, we are not responsible for another's happiness. The unhappy person almost always suffers from self-inflicted pain. — James Dillehay Copy Share Image
“Soar on to the King, the crown jewel, And then you'll truly see That nothing is as beautiful As His grand Majesty.” — Alexis York Lumbard 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
“I don’t mind losing in this game of love, if it means You will be the winner.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“If you don't know how to take care of your own needs, when you try to give to others, you are giving… — James Dillehay Copy Share Image
“There are cracks across my heart, nothing can bar the pouring rays. Light is but suffering harnessed, Genius is brokenness harnessed.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Feeling important is a vice, not a virtue, however concealed as participation in something noble.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN: Self-justification is worse than the original offence.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Science speaks in equations. Sufism speaks in silence. This book lives in the space between.” — Neşe Sedetmen Copy Share Image
“When you realise the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
The practice of Sufism is the intention to move toward truth by means of love and devotion. — Javad Nurbakhsh Copy Share Image
“The selection and following of a spiritual guide is the most important duty of a Sufi.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“It is your duty to do your best. It is not, however, your birth-right to prevail.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“The major barrier to understanding is wishful thinking and following that which pleases one.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“If you seek small things to do, and do them well, great things will seek you, and demand to be performed.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“If you could finish even half of what I've written, you'd either hate me enough to kill, or you'd be so massive… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“You can learn more in half an hour's direct contact with a source of knowledge (no matter the apparent reason for the… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
The basis of Sufism is consideration of the hearts and feelings of others. If you haven't the will to gladden someone's heart,… — Javad Nurbakhsh Copy Share Image
He that is purified by love is pure; and he that is absorbed in the Beloved and hath abandoned all else is… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Sufis deny the absolute reality of time, space and physical form. These things are both relative and local. They only appear to… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Islam and Sufism are one. Teaching that to understand Islam one must be a lover, how can one understand Islam when the… — Zarina Bibi Copy Share Image
“Patience is best in every case, For in this sentence is much meaning. Patience giveth thee thy desire, It relieveth thee from… — Saadi Copy Share Image
“Sufism is experiential. Capacities, even those for learning beyond a certain point, are provoked by Sufis, by one's own efforts and what… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Be the Christian Naskar, Muslim Naskar, Black Naskar, Latin Naskar, Jew Naskar, Farsi Naskar, Sikh Naskar, Slavic Naskar, Nordic Naskar, Baltic Naskar,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
