Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Idries Shah quotes, Idries Shah sayings, and Idries Shah proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
Premature independence is the daughter of conceit.Idries Shah
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Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.Idries Shah
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A real secret is something which only one person knows.Idries Shah
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The door of illumination is open to those for whom other doors are closed.Idries Shah
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A donkey eats a melon, it remains a donkeyIdries Shah
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You fear tomorrow: yet yesterday is just as dangerous.Idries Shah
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People don't get the gurus they deserve, they get the gurus they manufacture.Idries Shah
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The impatient man is his own enemy; he slams the door on his own progress.Idries Shah
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Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information.Idries Shah
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The way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.Idries Shah
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It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis.Idries Shah
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It is not sufism if it does not perform its function for you. A cloak is no longer a cloak if it does not keep a man warm.Idries Shah
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The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.Idries Shah
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To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon.Idries Shah
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Saying of the prophet tasks whoever makes all his tasks one task, God will help him in his other concerns.Idries Shah
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Saying of the prophet reflection the faithful are mirrors, one to the other.Idries Shah
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From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying: 'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment.Idries Shah
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People used to play with toys. Now the toys play with them.Idries Shah
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When there is a true or useful thing, there is sure to be a counterfeit.Idries Shah
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Because sugar is not arsenic, many graves are full.Idries Shah
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The tongue is the best masseur of furrowed brows.Idries Shah
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The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love.Idries Shah
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Ideologies exist only where there is no absolute knowledge. If you know something, you do not have to believe or disbelieve it.Idries Shah
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Exaggeration is a standard peculiarity of man. To deprecate is often a form of exaggeration which people do not notice, because it appears to be its opposite.Idries Shah
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What is sometimes thought to be clever is, significantly often, merely an advanced form of foolishness.
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A man who believes the word of a donkey in preference to my word does not deserve to be lent anything.Idries Shah
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If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Idries Shah
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Take what you are given, not what you want to be given.Idries Shah
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Give what cannot be taken.Idries Shah
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Enlightenment must come little by little otherwise it would overwhelm. Idries Shah
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