Idries Shah Quote

Not a believer in the mosque am I,Nor a disbeliever with his rites am I.I am not the pure amongst the impure,I am neither Moses nor Pharaoh.Bulleh, I know not who I am.Not in the holy books am I,Nor d...

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.

Careful preparation is necessary before people can perceive something which is there all the time.

Treat this world as I do, like a wayfarer; like a horseman who stops in the shade of a tree for a time, and then moves on.

Saying of the Prophet.Lies, promises, trustHe is not of mine who lies, breaks a promise or fails in his trust.

Sufism expresses what I have found to be Real.

An intelligent enemy,' he would say, stroking his beard as if it were a bristly pet, 'rather than a foolish friend.' Or, 'He learnt the language of pigeons, and forgot his own.' Or, the favourite of J...

Now that I have found thee, I know that in the first step I took, I moved away from thee.

Sufism is experiential

When prayer, rituals and ascetic life are just a means of self-indulgence, they are harmful rather than beneficial.