Idries Shah
Idries Shah
Idries Shah, also known as Idris Shah, né Sayed Idries el-Hashimiand by the pen name Arkon Daraul, 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...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth16 June 1924
CountryIndia
Idries Shah quotes about
trying may able
But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try, for instance, lifting yourself up by the bootstraps.
humility humble trying
Do not try to be humble: learn humility.
attitude trying why-not
If you are uninterested in what I say, there's an end to it. If you like what I say, please try to understand which previous influences have made you like it. If you like some of the things I say, and dislike others, you could try to understand why. If you dislike all I say, why not try to find out what formed your attitude?
ignorance mean trying
There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse.
trying way force
Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.
healing people teens
Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?
remembers-you remember-you people
You have not forgotten to remember; You have remembered to forget. But people can forget to forget. That is just as important as remembering to remember - and generally more practical.
age laziness rehearsal
The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.
people secret
Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.
wise men thinking
If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flattery, gifts, honours. If you want to make a wise man happy - improve yourself!
people matter tasks
When people have a hard task to do - one which stretches them - they become less concerned with trivial matters.
sorry safe alternatives
Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.
thinking people pessimism
An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't changed, but that other people are behaving worse than before.
hate enemy want
If you want to strengthen an enemy and make him exult - hate him.