Idries Shah Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaA fool: A man trying to be honest with the dishonest. Caravan of Dreams

2. Haste is from the Devil. Caravan of Dreams

3. If wine is the enemy of religion, I shall devour the enemy of religion. Sufi Thought and Action

4. In a village where everyone has only one leg, the biped will hop about more lamely than anyone else, if he knows what is good for him. Knowing How to Know: A Practical Philosophy in the Sufi Tradition

5. It is not Sufism if it does not perform its function for you. A cloak is no longer a cloak if it does not keep a man warm. Thinkers of the East

6. One day we will all wear a garment which has no pockets... The Commanding Self

7. SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN:Self-justification is worse than the original offence. The Way of the Sufi

8. Saying of the Prophet. The Bequest: I have nothing to leave you except my family. Caravan of Dreams

9. Sayings of the ProphetTrust: Trust in God – but tie your camel first. Caravan of Dreams

10. The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces. The Sufis

11. The spirit is the mirror; the body is the rust.(Divan-i-Shamsi Tabriz)

12. Wisdom is when you understand what, previously, at best you only knew. Observations

13. For he was walking along the road one day when he saw a stone on the ground. It had written on it, "TURN ME OVER AND READ." So he picked it up and looked at the other side. And there was written, "WHY DO YOU SEEK MORE KNOWLEDGE WHEN YOU PAY NO HEED TO WHAT YOU KNOW ALREADY? Caravan of Dreams

14. Knowledge is something which you can use.Belief is something which uses you. Reflections

15. Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information. Reflections

16. Superior experience and knowledge will be made available to a man or woman in exact accordance with his worth, capacity and earning of it.

17. The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces. The Sufis

18. Wisdom is when you understand what, previously, at best you only knew. Observations