“ Saadi’s dictum, in the Bostan: ‘The Path is not in the rosary, the prayer-mat and the robe Idries Shah
“ People who cannot trust are themselves not trustworthy, and therefore cannot be entrusted with important things. Idries Shah
“ You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude. Idries Shah
“ Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaEmotionalist:A man or woman who thinks he has experienced the divine. Idries Shah
“ When the mind is full of established biases, it will not be able to graft Sufism on top of them. Idries Shah
“ Words, they say, are the food of minds. But, like other foods, they can do little by themselves. Idries Shah
“ What is humanity? To feel pain at the sorrows of our neighbours, to feel humiliated at the humiliation of fellow-beings. Idries Shah
“ The object of Sufi preparatory study, however, being to illustrate, expose and out-manoeuvre superficial ambition. Idries Shah
“ Thou seekest Lailâ. Yet she manifesteth herself within thee.Thou deemest her to be elsewhere, but elsewhere existeth not.That is a madness, well-known to lovers. So be on your guard, for otherness is… Muhammad al-Harrâq
“ I want a God that makes me twirl.' I jumped off the couch. I untucked and unbuttoned my shirt so it would flow like a robe. 'Like this. I can do this for God.' I held my hands out. I twirled and twirl… Rabih Alameddine
“ Sufis deny the absolute reality of time, space and physical form. These things are both relative and local. They only appear to be absolute. Idries Shah
