1,355 Quotes by Idries Shah

The phenomenal is the channel to the Truth. Al mujazu qantarat al Haqiqa.

For he was walking along the road one day when he saw a stone on the ground. It had written on it, "TURN ME OVER AND READ." So he picked it up and looked at the other side. And there was written, "WHY DO YOU SEEK MORE KNOWLEDGE WHEN YOU PAY NO HEED TO WHAT YOU KNOW ALREADY?

You want to become wise in one lesson:First become a real human being.

PEOPLEKick them -- they'll forgive you. Flatter them -- they may or may not see through you.But ignore, them, and they'll hate you, even if they conceal it until they die.

Many people imagine that any higher human development, if it exists at all, must follow a pattern whose form (or at least whose beginning) is instantly perceptible to them as such.In making this assumption these people expose themselves to control by any systems which can take advantage of this expectation. And systems do take advantage of this,

You need not wonder whether you should have an unreliable person as a friend. An unreliable person is nobody's friend.

You make me a sinner if you stop me giving you hospitality.

Saying of the ProphetThe TongueA man slips with his tongue more than with his feet.

Saying of the ProphetOppressionWhen oppression exists, even the bird dies in its nest.