“When the human being says: 'It is not true...' He may mean: 'I don't know about it, so I think it is… — Idries Shah Desire Copy Share Image
“Has it not occurred to you that, conversely, other people do not have your difficulties because they do not react as you… — Idries Shah Adversity Copy Share Image
“el Sufi es “alguien que no se preocupa cuando le quitan algo, pero que no cesa de buscar lo que no tiene.” — Idries Shah Amor Copy Share Image
The more wakeful a man is to the things which surround him, the more asleep is he, and his waking is worse… — Idries Shah Men Copy Share Image
The learned person who only talks will never Penetrate to the inner heart of humans. — Idries Shah Heart Copy Share Image
“Se ha dicho que la "Humildad no es tanto una virtud como una necesidad a la hora de aprender".” — Idries Shah Amor Copy Share Image
An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't changed, but that other people are behaving worse than before. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“No cuentes tus secretos a todo el mundo en esta sede central, Tierra. La hemos examinado bien. No había nadie a quien… — Idries Shah Amor Copy Share Image
“Real generosity is anonymous to the extent that a man should be prepared even to be considered ungenerous rather than explain it… — Idries Shah Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them. — Idries Shah People Copy Share Image
“Servicio No serviré a Dios como un obrero a la espera de mi salario. Rabia el-Adawia.” — Idries Shah Amor Copy Share Image
“Poor greedy one, wherever he runs He's after food, and death is after him. (Saadi)” — Idries Shah Death Copy Share Image
“Whoever gives knowledge to a fool loses it And who keeps it from the deserving does wrong.” — Idries Shah Fool Copy Share Image
There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means… — Idries Shah Ignorance Copy Share Image
The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose. — Idries Shah Choice 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 Attention 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… — Idries Shah Death Copy Share Image
“Day and Night The night is long: do not shorten it by sleep. The day is fair: do not darken it with… — Idries Shah Behaviour Copy Share Image
“Remember the proverb: 'A sign is enough for the alert, but a thousand counsels are not enough for the negligent.” — Idries Shah Attention Copy Share Image
When the Higher Man does something worthy of admiration, it is an evidence of his Mastership, not the object of it. — Idries Shah Admiration Copy Share Image
“Only the search for truth is valid, the desire for wisdom the motive. The method is assimilation, not study.” — Idries Shah Discipleship Copy Share Image
“Aprender a aprender: Decir "sí" a la vía sufi es decir "no" a las fugas imaginadas.” — Idries Shah Amor Copy Share Image
“Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction.” — Idries Shah Identity Copy Share Image
“That which is given free is never knowledge. It may be information…but knowledge does not come in that manner.” — Idries Shah Freedom Copy Share Image
“first pious man, who said: ‘Did you encounter my disciples and help them?’ Khidr answered:” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon.” — Idries Shah Character Copy Share Image
“The means through which people may perceive Truth have forms; Truth has no form.” — Idries Shah History Copy Share Image
“Call yourself unlucky only if you take up coffin-making and people stop dying.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Careful preparation is necessary before people can perceive something which is there all the time.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Sufis are not here to satisfy a demand. They exist to share what they have got. These two things are not always… — Idries Shah Evolution Copy Share Image
“It is necessary to note," says Rumi, "that opposite things work together, even though nominally opposed" (Fihi Ma Fihi).” — Idries Shah Rumi Copy Share Image
“Laziness is always your fault. It is the sign that a man has persevered in uselessness for too long.” — Idries Shah Ego Copy Share Image
The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning. — Idries Shah Book 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 Evolution Copy Share Image
“Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests.” — Idries Shah Evolution Copy Share Image
“We are adjured not to burn the candle at both ends. But how many people have verified that physically possible?” — Idries Shah Action Copy Share Image
“Fettered feet in the presence of friends is better than living in a garden with strangers.” — Idries Shah Friendship Copy Share Image
“If you seek a teacher, try to become a real student. If you want to be a student, try to find a… — Idries Shah Education Copy Share Image
“A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information…The key is the teacher.” — Idries Shah Book Copy Share Image
“Because there is a word for perfection, people will always imagine that they know it.” — Idries Shah Excellence Copy Share Image
