01c. 1960 ADAt His door, what is the difference between Moslem and Christian, virtuous and guilty? At his door all are seekers and He the sought.Idries Shah / quote ↗
02c. 1960 ADAt His door, what is the difference between Muslim and Christian, virtuous and guilty? At his door all are seekers and He the sought.Idries Shah / quote ↗
03c. 1960 ADThe pathways into Sufic thinking are, it is traditionally said, almost as varied as the number of Sufis in existence.Idries Shah / quote ↗
04c. 1960 ADThe totality of life cannot be understood, so runs Sufi teaching, if it is studied only through the methods which we use in everyday living.Idries Shah / quote ↗
05c. 1960 ADPractise your knowledge, for knowledge without practice is a body without lifeIdries Shah / quote ↗
06c. 1960 ADAs with any other specialisation, teaching is a vocation, open only to those who are truly capable of discharging its functions.Idries Shah / quote ↗
08c. 1960 ADWhen you get a principle on which everyone is agreed, you get the beginning of complacency and deterioration.Idries Shah / quote ↗
09c. 1960 ADWhen you feel least interested in following the Way which you have entered, this may be the time when it is most appropriate for you.Idries Shah / quote ↗
10c. 1960 ADThe secret protects itself. It is found only in the spirit and practice of the Work.Idries Shah / quote ↗
11c. 1960 ADUnbelief and belief are both marching on His road, while both are saying, ‘He is one and He has no associates’.Idries Shah / quote ↗
12c. 1960 ADUnderstanding and knowledge are completely different sensations in the realm of Truth than they are in the realm of society.Idries Shah / quote ↗
13c. 1960 ADIf you forsake a path, it is because you were hoping for conviction from it. You seek conviction, not self-knowledge.Idries Shah / quote ↗
14c. 1960 ADDo not dwell upon whether you will put yourself into the hands of a teacher. You are always in his hands.Idries Shah / quote ↗
15c. 1960 ADDebating whether one trusts or not is a sign that one does not want to trust at all, and therefore is still incapable of it.Idries Shah / quote ↗
16c. 1960 ADThe aspirant has to be guided by a mentor. The stage at which this guidance can take effect is seldom, if ever, perceptible to the learner.Idries Shah / quote ↗
17c. 1960 ADThose who say ‘I am ready to learn’, or ‘I am not ready to learn’ are as often mistaken as they are correct in their surmise.Idries Shah / quote ↗
18c. 1960 ADA Sufi is one who is not bound by anything nor does he bind anythingIdries Shah / quote ↗
22c. 1960 ADIt is experience which teaches, not controversy based on supposed logic and assumptions of what is likely to be true.Idries Shah / quote ↗
23c. 1960 ADSufism is education, in that it has a body of knowledge which it transmits to those who have not got it.Idries Shah / quote ↗
24c. 1960 ADSufi Teachers are not, as you might hope, people who make you feel peace and harmony.Idries Shah / quote ↗
