127 Quotes by Idries Shah about psychology
"When people believe that the form is more important than the Truth, they will not find truth, but will stay with form."
"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."
"There can be no spirituality, according to the Sufi masters, without psychology, psychological insight and sociological balance."
"Sufis are those who have expunged from their minds the human tendencies of envy and enmity."
"The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning."
"Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaPenitent: Someone who has been made incapable of enjoying himself."
"Take the wheat, not the measure in which it is contained"
"Do not think that your magic ring will work if you are not yourself Solomon."
"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."
"Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions."