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
practice way sufi
The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.
book mean way
The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.
two-sides way problem
To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides.
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.
thinking assessment giving
One can give or withhold in a manner far more effective, sophisticated, useful, which is quite invisible to people who think that giving or withholding is done by external assessment. If you seek some mark of favour or 'promotion', know that you are not ready for it. Progress comes through capacity to learn, and is irresistible. Nobody can stand between you and knowledge if you are fit for it.