Experience Quote by Idries Shah

“A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information…The key is the teacher.”

— Idries Shah

“Drown your ego before it drowns you.”

— Soroosh Shahrivar

“A famous aphorism tells us, „The Sufi is the child of the moment“ (as-sufi ibn al-waqt). One of its meanings is that the true…

— William C. Chittick

“The Sufis say, "This is not a religion; it is religion”

— Idries Shah

“I longed to teach, but I had to wait until the desire had left me before I could really do so.”

— Idries Shah

“The institution of teachership is there for this reason, that the learner must learn how to learn.”

— Idries Shah

“To have 'Known' means that dehadhyas (the belief that 'I am the body') goes away. But in this case, dehadhyas has not gone and…

— Dada Bhagwan

“The Prophet's character was termed tremendous because his concern was for God alone.”

— Imam Junayd al-Baghdadi

“To have seen something means it has come into one’s understanding. To have known something means it has come into one’s knowledge. There is…

— Dada Bhagwan

When the lion had eaten its fill, and the jackals had taken their share, the ants came along and finished up the meat from…

— Idries Shah

“He who is fortunately enlightened [the Sufi] Knows that sophistry is from the devil and love from Adam.”

— Idries Shah

“It is necessary to note," says Rumi, "that opposite things work together, even though nominally opposed" (Fihi Ma Fihi).”

— Idries Shah