1,355 Quotes by Idries Shah

Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare. But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.

...most systems end up by making imagined humility into a form of vanity, so they end up with vanity just the same.

Premature independence is the daughter of conceit.

Q: What is a fundamental mistake of man's?A: To think that he is alive, when he has merely fallen asleep in life's waiting-room.

Real generosity is anonymous to the extent that a man should be prepared even to be considered ungenerous rather than explain it to others.

Hay un tipo de hombre peor que un hombre jactancioso: uno que se queja.

Correct teaching brings out human excellence.

If you will not reprove yourself,’ Saadi says, ‘you will not welcome reproof from another.

Si no te reprochas a ti mismo”, dice Saadi, “no aceptarás el reproche ajeno.