127 Quotes by Idries Shah about Psychology
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There is a saying that, according to what a person's mentality is, even an angel may seem to him to have a devil's face.
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There can be no spirituality, according to the Sufi masters, without psychology, psychological insight and sociological balance.
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Sufis are those who have expunged from their minds the human tendencies of envy and enmity.
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The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.
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Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaPenitent: Someone who has been made incapable of enjoying himself.
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Take the wheat, not the measure in which it is contained
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Do not think that your magic ring will work if you are not yourself Solomon.
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People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because it hasn't got the knowledge that would save it, but because nobody will use the knowledge.
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Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions.
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