563 Quotes by Idries Shah about Sufism
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Greed harms you: generosity helps you. This is why it has been said: 'Greed is the mother of incapacity'.
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It is axiomatic that the attempt to become a Sufi through a desire for personal power as normally understood will not succeed.
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When prayer, rituals and ascetic life are just a means of self-indulgence, they are harmful rather than beneficial.
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I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages. Rabia
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Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests.
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Virtually all organisations known to you work largely by means of your greed.
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Feeling important is a vice, not a virtue, however concealed as participation in something noble.
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Greed harms you: generosity helps you. This is why is has been said: 'Greed is the mother of incapacity'.
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Saying of the ProphetAngerYou ask for a piece of advice. I tell you: 'Do not get angry.' He is strong who can withhold anger.
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