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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: "One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts."
One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts. Idries Shah
What can you do with a person who says that he is absolutely uncertain about everything, and that he is absolutely certain about that? Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "A motto of the human race: Let me do as I like, and give me..."
A motto of the human race: Let me do as I like, and give me approval as well. Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse..."
Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun? Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "Who is the wrong person to criticise? You"
Who is the wrong person to criticise? You Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "You are still adrift while you still think that a means is an..."
You are still adrift while you still think that a means is an end. Idries Shah
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged mind, delusions or a masochistic taste for more suffering, experienced, of course, as joy. Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "The sufis believe that they can experience something more..."
The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete. Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "Teach honesty by all means - you do know what it is, don't you?"
Teach honesty by all means - you do know what it is, don't you? Idries Shah
When the lion had eaten its fill, and the jackals had taken their share, the ants came along and finished up the meat from the bones of the haughty stag. Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "History is not usually what has happened. History is what some..."
History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant. Idries Shah
You say that this society will come to an end, because societies always have done so. I wonder whether they have ended because they were not really societies at all. Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "It is not only a matter of not caring who knows - it is also a..."
It is not only a matter of not caring who knows - it is also a matter of knowing who cares. Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "What is sometimes thought to be clever is, significantly..."
What is sometimes thought to be clever is, significantly often, merely an advanced form of foolishness. Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity..."
The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age. Idries Shah

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