1,355 Quotes by Idries Shah

It has truly been said that ‘Humility is not so much a virtue as a necessity, in order to learn.

The Sufi saying has it: “God, to the bee, is something which has TWO stings!

MAN: Kick him-he’ll forgive you. Flatter him-he may or may not see through you. But ignore him and he’ll hate you.

Knowledge of yourself may involve, if we are learning at the present time, a knowledge of the way of thinking of your society and to realise that you are probably its product, and that this knowledge can be attained in fact by such anthropological and psychological observations made by the Sufis in the course of their teaching how to pursue new and more promising extra perspectives.

A Sufi is one who is not bound by anything nor does he bind anything.

In the distorting mirror of your mind, an angel can seem to have a devil’s face.

Se ha dicho que la “Humildad no es tanto una virtud como una necesidad a la hora de aprender”.

If you want to know what he’s like – reverse what his opponents say.

They say: ‘Seek wisdom while you have the strength, or you may lose the strength without gaining wisdom.