243 Quotes by Idries Shah about Wisdom
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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.
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Saying of the Prophet. The Bequest: I have nothing to leave you except my family.
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If wine is the enemy of religion, I shall devour the enemy of religion.
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The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces.
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Haste is from the Devil.
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Superior experience and knowledge will be made available to a man or woman in exact accordance with his worth, capacity and earning of it.
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Many a “learned” man is destroyed by ignorance and by the learning which is of no use to him’ (Hadrat Ahmed ibn Mahsud, the Sufi).
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Ignorance is the Mother of Opposition
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Yes, the world is an illusion. But Truth is always being shown there.
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