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Quotes by Idries Shah

Sufism is that which succeeds in bringing to man the High Knowledge.

Idries Shah

What you are pleased to call Sufism is merely the record of past method.

Idries Shah

Before garden, vine or grape was in the world, writes one, our soul was drunken with immortal wine.

Idries Shah

Brave is the thief who carries a lamp in his hand.

Idries Shah

The definition of the word finished is: This word means finished.

Idries Shah

I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages.

Idries Shah

Your medicine is in you, and you do not observe it. Your ailment is from yourself, and you do not register it.

Idries Shah

Information about the activities of one body of Sufis may be harmful to the potential of another.

Idries Shah

Nothing cheap without reason.

Idries Shah

Until you can understand illogicality, and the meaningfulness of it, shun the Sufis except for limited, precise, self-evident services.

Idries Shah

When sense has left a head, it should be called a tail.

Idries Shah

Generosity is also marked by doing what one says one will do. Saadi teaches: ‘when the generous promise, they perform

Idries Shah

BARQI: AESTHETICS IS ONLY THE LOWEST FORM OF PERCEPTION OF THE REAL.

Idries Shah

If you want to be a calligrapher, write, and write, and write.

Idries Shah

A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information.

Idries Shah

I am the Real, for I have not ceased to be real – through the Real.

Idries Shah

If the father cannot, the son will finish the task.

Idries Shah

No effort makes a black crow into a white hawk.

Idries Shah

Pick up a bee from kindness, and learn the limitations of kindness.

Idries Shah

Have the nature of a dervish: then wear a stylish cap.

Idries Shah