One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts. Idries Shah More Quotes by Idries Shah More Quotes From Idries Shah A real secret is something which only one person knows. Idries Shah real persons secret People today are in danger of drowning in information; but, because they have been taught that information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be. If they could handle information, they would not have to drown at all. Idries Shah information people needs From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying: 'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment. Idries Shah truth-is moments thinking The stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying. Idries Shah stupid men thinking If your desire for 'good' is based on greed, it is not good, but greed. Idries Shah greed ifs desire Do not try to be humble: learn humility. Idries Shah humility humble trying 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 waking sleep men The impatient man is his own enemy; he slams the door on his own progress. Idries Shah doors men enemy The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning. Idries Shah ordinary mean book Premature independence is the daughter of conceit. Idries Shah independence conceit daughter If a pot can multiply. One day Nasrudin lent his cooking pots to a neighbour, who was giving a feast. The neighbour returned them, together with one extra one – a very tiny pot. 'What is this?' asked Nasrudin. 'According to law, I have given you the offspring of your property which was born when the pots were in my care,' said the joker. Shortly afterwards Nasrudin borrowed his neighbour's pots, but did not return them. The man came round to get them back. 'Alas!' said Nasrudin, 'they are dead. We have established, have we not, that pots are mortal?'. Idries Shah law giving men If you can turn a murderer into a mere thief, you are making progress. Idries Shah murderer thieves progress MAN: Kick him-he'll forgive you. Flatter him-he may or may not see through you. But ignore him and he'll hate you Idries Shah forgiving hate men A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence. Idries Shah absence wonderful may 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! Idries Shah wise men thinking Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives. Idries Shah alternatives safe sorry None should say: 'I can trust' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting or not trusting. Idries Shah not-trusting masters should Advice is priceless: when it becomes interference it is preposterous. Idries Shah priceless interference advice History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant. Idries Shah significant happened people People who speak or act in an ordinary fashion are most likely to be those who have been the recipients of higher experiences. But because they do not rage around, wild-eyed, people think that they are very ordinary folk and therefore not aware of anything unknown to the general run of man. Idries Shah fashion running men
