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.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Angels are the powers hidden in the faculties and organs of man

Idries Shah

When people have a hard task to do - one which stretches them - they become less concerned with trivial matters.

Idries Shah

The more wakeful a man is to the things which surround him, the more asleep is he, and his waking is worse than his sleep.

Idries Shah

Dicho del Profeta Intimidad Quien invade la intimidad de las personas, las corrompe.

Idries Shah

Only the search for truth is valid, the desire for wisdom the motive. The method is assimilation, not study.

Idries Shah

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza Drugs: Source of the mystical experience of the ignorant.

Idries Shah

Better to quarrel with a friend than to support enemies.

Idries Shah

The Sufis,' runs the saying, 'understand with their hearts what the most learned scholars cannot understand with their minds

Idries Shah

Sufis hold that the superior experience and knowledge comes to a man or woman in exact accordance with his worth,capacity,and earning of it.

Idries Shah

Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.

Idries Shah

You fear tomorrow: yet yesterday is just as dangerous.

Idries Shah

However fast you run, or however skilfully, you can’t run away from your own feet.

Idries Shah

A short time in the presence of the Friends (the Sufis) is better than a hundred years’ sincere, obedient dedication.

Idries Shah

When prayer, rituals and ascetic life are just a means of self-indulgence, they are harmful rather than beneficial.

Idries Shah

If you are covetous, you are a prisoner: If you are greedy, you will never be filled.

Idries Shah

Hazrat Ali, in a saying attributed to him, says: ‘Man is in disguise, covered by his tongue’.

Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet. Lies, promises, trust He is not of mine who lies, breaks a promise or fails in his trust.

Idries Shah

Dicho del Profeta Opresión Cuando existe la opresión, incluso el pájaro muere en su nido

Idries Shah

Treat this world as I do, like a wayfarer; like a horseman who stops in the shade of a tree for a time, and then moves on.

Idries Shah

Trata a este mundo como yo; como un caminante, un jinete que se detiene a la sombra de un árbol por un tiempo, y luego prosigue su camino.

Idries Shah

Sufism is, in fact, not a mystical system, not a religion, but a body of knowledge.

Idries Shah

Author Bio

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