563 Quotes by Idries Shah about sufism

"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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"Like calls to like, truth to truth and deceit to deceit."

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"Sayings of the ProphetTrust: Trust in God – but tie your camel first."

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"Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaA fool: A man trying to be honest with the dishonest."

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"In a village where everyone has only one leg, the biped will hop about more lamely than anyone else, if he knows what is good for him."

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

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

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