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."

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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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