1,355 Quotes by Idries Shah

But the world itself, as well as special attitudes, properly understood, constitute the Sufi school.

SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN:Self-justification is worse than the original offence.

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.

Saying of the Prophet. The Bequest: I have nothing to leave you except my family.

If wine is the enemy of religion, I shall devour the enemy of religion.

The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces.

Haste is from the Devil.

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

Superior experience and knowledge will be made available to a man or woman in exact accordance with his worth, capacity and earning of it.