“ ANDAKI: EFFORT IS NOT EFFORT WITHOUT ZAMAN, MAKAN, IKHWAN (RIGHT TIME, RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT PEOPLE). Idries Shah
“ The degree of necessity determines the development of organs in man… therefore increase your necessity. Idries Shah
“ Sufism is the doing in this lifetime what any fool will be doing in then thousand years’ time. Idries Shah
“ We and all our existences are non-entities. Thou art the absolute being whose appearance is transitory. Idries Shah
“ Sufis aim to refine human consciousness. This is Sufi mysticism: not mystification or magic, but a specific Path. Idries Shah
“ You will always have doubts, but only discover them at a useful time for your weakness to point them out. Idries Shah
“ Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaTruthful man:He who is, secretly, regarded by everyone as an enemy. Idries Shah
“ Day and NightThe night is long: do not shorten it by sleep. The day is fair: do not darken it with wrongdoing. Idries Shah
“ Sufism is experiential. Capacities, even those for learning beyond a certain point, are provoked by Sufis, by one's own efforts and what results from them, and by an element of what is referred to by… Idries Shah
“ There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse. Idries Shah
“ Sufism is therefore not 'Do as I say and not as I do', or even 'Do as I do', but 'Experience it and you will know'. Idries Shah
“ Similitude of the heart is like that of a telephone operator between man and God. Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi
