“ Feeling important is a vice, not a virtue, however concealed as participation in something noble. Idries Shah
“ Three things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity. Ali, the Lion of Islam. Idries Shah
“ That which is given free is never knowledge. It may be information....but knowledge does not come in that manner. Idries Shah
“ A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information....The key is the teacher. Idries Shah
“ I longed to teach, but I had to wait until the desire had left me before I could really do so. Idries Shah
“ Abu-Yaqub al-Susi: the Sufi is 'One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to seek for what he has not. Idries Shah
“ Do not tell your secrets to everyone in this headquarters, Earth. We have surveyed it well. There was nobody to whom to entrust secrets. Idries Shah
“ A short time in the presence of the Friends (the Sufis) is better than a hundred years’ sincere, obedient dedication. Idries Shah
