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Idries Shah Quotes

Idries Shah quotes

Indian Author, Writer June 16, 1924 – November 23, 1996

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Idries Shah quote: "Water shrinks wool, urgency shrinks time. Shrinkage may be an..."
Water shrinks wool, urgency shrinks time. Shrinkage may be an advantage or the reverse, according to expectation. Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "None should say : 'I can trust,' or 'I cannot trust' until he..."
None should say : 'I can trust,' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting or not trusting. Idries Shah
A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was eventually stung to death by scorpions. Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously..."
From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying:'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment. Idries Shah
To be obsessed by the idea of freedom, for instance, is itself a form of slavery. Such people are in the chains of the hope of freedom, and are therefore able to do little else than struggle with them. Idries Shah
Please, not again what you studied, how long you spent at it, how many books you wrote, what people thought of you - but: what did you learn? Idries Shah
Anyone can see that an ass laden with books remains a donkey. A human being laden with the undigested results of a tussle with thoughts and books, however, still passes for wise. Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "MAN: Kick him-he'll forgive you. Flatter him-he may or may not..."
MAN: Kick him-he'll forgive you. Flatter him-he may or may not see through you. But ignore him and he'll hate you Idries Shah
People who speak or act in an ordinary fashion are most likely to be those who have been the recipients of higher experiences. But because they do not rage around, wild-eyed, people think that they are very ordinary folk and therefore not aware of anything unknown to the general run of man. Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "A man from the Land of Fools wanted to pull down the..."
A man from the Land of Fools wanted to pull down the clouds. 'Why?' someone asked him. 'To squeeze out the rain. Idries Shah
When the ignorant have become numerous or powerful enough, they have been referred to by a special name. This names is 'the Wise'. Idries Shah
The proverb says that 'The answer to a fool is silence'. Observation, however, indicates that almost any other answer will have the same effect in the long run. Idries Shah
Few things are more absurd than wise saws originally designed to inculcate or maintain the social needs of a society long past - when they are applied to today. Idries Shah
People cannot handle prejudice because they try to deal with the symptom. Prejudice is the symptom, wrong assumptions are the cause.'Prejudice is the daughter of assumption. Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he..."
A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it. Idries Shah

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