Illusion Quote by Idries Shah

“The hearts of the noble are the graves of confidences.”

— Idries Shah

“Opportunity's precious, and time is a sword.”

— Idries Shah

“A loan is the scissors of friendship. A man's own tongue may cut his throat. The cage has no value without the bird.”

— Idries Shah

“The candle burned the moth: But soon it will vanish in its own fat.”

— Idries Shah

“Show a man too many camels' bones,or show them to him too often,and he will not be able to recognize a camel when he…

— Idries Shah

“Satisfaction is a treasure which does not decay. Proverb”

— Idries Shah

“Q: How can I help myself? A: By remembering the proverb: ‘The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service’, from…

— Idries Shah

“There are as many paths to Truth as there are souls of men.”

— Idries Shah

“As swords were designed to kill They did well to make them tongue-shaped. (Anwar-i-Suhaili)”

— Idries Shah

“Before the antidote arrives from Iraq The man with snake-bite will be dead.”

— Idries Shah

“If you are penniless you will have a thousand dreams. Get even a single piece of money, however, and you will have only twenty…

— Idries Shah

One lie will keep out forty truths

— Anonymous

“Do not tell your secrets to everyone in this headquarters, Earth. We have surveyed it well. There was nobody to whom to entrust secrets.”

— Idries Shah

“Sufism is transmitted by means of the human exemplar, the teacher.”

— Idries Shah

“To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions; and not to try to avoid what is your lot.”

— Idries Shah