“When you realise the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge” — Idries Shah Attention Copy Share Image
MAN: Kick him-he'll forgive you. Flatter him-he may or may not see through you. But ignore him and he'll hate you — Idries Shah Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“The institution of teachership is there for this reason, that the learner must learn how to learn.” — Idries Shah Education Copy Share Image
“No hay sabiduría donde no hay sentido común: en estas condiciones no se puede encontrar ninguna expresión.” — Idries Shah Amor Copy Share Image
But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try, for instance, lifting yourself up by the bootstraps. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Dicho del Mulá Nasrudín. Si sobrevivo a esta vida sin morirme, me sorprenderé.” — Idries Shah Amor Copy Share Image
It is not only a matter of not caring who knows - it is also a matter of knowing who cares. — Idries Shah Care Copy Share Image
“Sentirse importante es un vicio, no una virtud, no importa lo escondido que está como participación en algo noble.” — Idries Shah Amor Copy Share Image
“Exaggeration is a standard peculiarity of man. To deprecate is often a form of exaggeration which people do not notice, because it… — Idries Shah Deprecation Copy Share Image
“I have heard all that you have had to say to me on your problems. You ask me what to do about… — Idries Shah Asleep Copy Share Image
“People think that they think things, and they also think that they know things. They could usefully give some attention to the… — Idries Shah Attention Copy Share Image
“The important place held by Jesus among the world's six hundred million Moslems... and the agreement of both religions about the necessity… — Idries Shah Christianity Copy Share Image
It is not enough that there is a collection of people with the common aim of working in unison towards an objective...… — Idries Shah 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 Evolution Copy Share Image
One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past,… — Idries Shah Belief Copy Share Image
“Remembering and Forgetting You have not forgotten to remember; You have remembered to forget. But people can forget to forget. That is… — Idries Shah Forgetting Copy Share Image
“I longed to teach, but I had to wait until the desire had left me before I could really do so.” — Idries Shah Desire Copy Share Image
“When prayer, rituals and ascetic life are just a means of self-indulgence, they are harmful rather than beneficial.” — Idries Shah God Copy Share Image
“If you want special illumination, look upon the human face: See clearly within laughter the Essence of Ultimate Truth.” — Idries Shah Comedy Copy Share Image
“SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN: Self-justification is worse than the original offence.” — Idries Shah Justification 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 are those who have expunged from their minds the human tendencies of envy and enmity.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“The automatism of man is overcome, in the words of Dhun'Nun, by aiming for 'being as you were, where you were, before… — Idries Shah Automatism Copy Share Image
When the ignorant have become numerous or powerful enough, they have been referred to by a special name. This names is 'the… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Abu-Yaqub al-Susi declara que el Sufi es “alguien que no se preocupa cuando le quitan algo, pero que no cesa de buscar… — Idries Shah Amor Copy Share Image
“The selection and following of a spiritual guide is the most important duty of a Sufi.” — Idries Shah Hindu Copy Share Image
“It is not always a question of the Emperor having no clothes on. Sometimes it is, 'Is that an Emperor at all?” — Idries Shah Emperor Copy Share Image
“El hombre que sabe debe desempeñar una función. El que no sabe, no puede atribuirse una a sí mismo; sólo puede tratar… — Idries Shah Amor Copy Share Image
“Why did I do such-and-such a thing?' is all very well. But what about 'How otherwise could I have done it?” — Idries Shah Evolution Copy Share Image
“HE is a Master who may teach without it being totally labelled teaching; HE is a student who can learn without being… — Idries Shah Education 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 Illusion Copy Share Image
“You can perceive a person's aspiration if it is genuine, because this creates a change in the emanations from such a person.” — Idries Shah Aspiration Copy Share Image
“Remedy Your medicine is in you, and you do not observe it. Your ailment is from yourself, and you do not register… — Idries Shah Knowledge Copy Share Image
“Learning how to learn involves examining assumptions. Mulla Nasrudin tales very often fulfil this funcition.” — Idries Shah Assumptions Copy Share Image
“Show me a person who really knows what 'good' is, and I will show you that he almost never uses the word.” — Idries Shah Belief Copy Share Image
“Laziness - The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.” — Idries Shah Behaviour Copy Share Image
“Si realmente quieres aprender, no te sorprendas si alguien trata de enseñarte. Y no rechaces el método a la ligera.” — Idries Shah Amor Copy Share Image
“Never follow any impulse to teach, however strong it might be. The command to teach is not felt as an impulsion.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions. — Idries Shah Action Copy Share Image
“If you are penniless you will have a thousand dreams. Get even a single piece of money, however, and you will have… — Idries Shah Dreams Copy Share Image
