Quotes by Idries Shah

About Idries Shah:

Idries Shah was an author and teacher in the Sufi tradition who wrote over three dozen books on topics ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies.
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Consejos de Bahaudín Tú quieres ser llenado. Pero algo que está lleno primero tiene que ser vaciado. Vacíate para que puedas llenarte adecuadamente con el cumplimiento de estos consejos, que puedes realizar como deberes hacia ti mismo. Primero: N...

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Alí, hijo del padre del buscador Alí dijo: “Nadie puede llegar a la Verdad hasta que sea capaz de pensar que el sendero mismo pueda estar equivocado. Esto es así porque aquellos que sólo pueden creer que debe ser correcto no son creyentes, sino...

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Patience is the food of understanding.

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HE is a Master who may teach without it being totally labelled teaching; HE is a student who can learn without being obsessed by learning.

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There is a succession of experiences which together constitute the educational and developmental ripening of the learner, according to the Sufis. People who think that each gain is the goal itself will freeze at any such stage, and cannot learn throu...

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Sufism is therefore not 'Do as I say and not as I do', or even 'Do as I do', but 'Experience it and you will know'.

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It is a Sufi contention that truth is not discovered or maintained by the mere repetition of teachings. It can only be kept understood by the perpetual experience of it. And it is in the experience of truth that the Sufis have always reposed their tr...

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The Sufi must be able to alternate his thought between the relative and the Absolute, the approximate and the Real.

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El Sufi debe ser capaz de alternar su pensamiento entre lo relativo y lo Absoluto, lo aproximado y lo Real.

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Whoever might perfume a scorpion Will not thereby escape its sting. Bahaudin Naqshband

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La paciencia es el alimento de la comprensión.

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Quienquiera que perfume a un escorpión no por ello escapará a su aguijonazo. Bahaudin Naqshband

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Él es un Maestro que puede enseñar sin que ello sea totalmente etiquetado como enseñanza; Él es un estudiante que puede aprender sin estar obsesionado con el aprendizaje.

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Existe la afirmación Sufi de que la verdad no se descubre o mantiene por la mera repetición de enseñanzas. Su comprensión sólo puede mantenerse mediante la continua experiencia de ella. Y es en la experiencia de la verdad donde los Sufis siempre...

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Voice in the night A voice whispered to me last night: 'There is no such thing as a voice whispering in the night!

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Stages First I thought that a Teacher must be right in all things. Then I imagined that my teacher was wrong in many things. Then I realised what was right and what was wrong. What was wrong was to remain in either of the first two stages. What was r...

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A Better Beard that Yours. 'All true devotees wear a beard,' said the Imam to his audience. 'Show me a thick and lustrous beard and I'll show you a true believer!' 'My goat has a beard far bushier and longer than yours,' replied Nasrudin. 'Does that ...

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I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages. Rabia

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To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions; and not to try to avoid what is your lot.

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You yourself are your own barrier – rise from within it.

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Question 3: Why should a person study Sufism? Answer: Because he was created to study it; it is his next step.

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Author Bio

  • NameIdries Shah
  • DescriptionWriter and Sufi teacher
  • BornJune 16, 1924
  • DiedNovember 23, 1996
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter