“ A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information. Idries Shah
“ Generosity is also marked by doing what one says one will do. Saadi teaches: ‘when the generous promise, they perform Idries Shah
“ Information about the activities of one body of Sufis may be harmful to the potential of another. Idries Shah
“ Your medicine is in you, and you do not observe it. Your ailment is from yourself, and you do not register it. Idries Shah
“ Before garden, vine or grape was in the world," writes one, "our soul was drunken with immortal wine. Idries Shah
“ It is experience which teaches, not controversy based on supposed logic and assumptions of what is likely to be true. Idries Shah
“ Debating 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
“ Unbelief and belief are both marching on His road, while both are saying, ‘He is one and He has no associates’. Idries Shah
