“ As with any other specialisation, teaching is a vocation, open only to those who are truly capable of discharging its functions. Idries Shah
“ And Rumi tells us, ‘Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue’. Idries Shah
“ Q: How can I help myself?A: By remembering the proverb: ‘The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service’, from Saadi. Idries Shah
“ Rumi himself once said that counterfeit gold is only to be found because there is such a thing as real gold to be copied. Idries Shah
“ Nothing can defile the Sufi, and he in fact purifies everything.” Abu-Turab al-Nakhsabi. Idries Shah
“ He who is fortunately enlightened [the Sufi]Knows that sophistry is from the devil and love from Adam. Idries Shah
“ You are guilty of no evil, Ransom of Thulcandra, except a little fearfulness. For that, the journey you go on is your pain, and perhaps your cure: for you must be either mad or brave before it is ende… C.S. Lewis
“ StagesFirst I thought that a Teacher must be right in all things. Then I imagined that my teacher was wrong in many things. Then I realised what was right and what was wrong.What was wrong was to rema… Idries Shah
“ You can’t always have the full picture to everything in life, you'll only learn as you make more mistakes. Auliq Ice
“ A man who never makes mistakes has long since ceased to do anything new. A man who is always making mistakes is a doomed man with swollen ambitions. But he who judiciously salts success with mistake i… Donald Kingsbury
“ I doubt I'm any wiser than I was five hundred years back. I'm older. I've been up, and been down, and been up again. Have I learned aught? I've learned from my mistakes, but I've had more time to comm… Neil Gaiman
“ If your situtation is the fault of anything or anyone else...there is very little hope and absolutely zero power over your own life."Responsibility is about hope and control. And...who doesn't want ho… Andy Andrews
“ Real Love for ourselves by definition includes every aspect of our lives—the good, the bad, the difficult, the challenging past, the uncertain future, as well as all the shameful, upsetting experience… Sharon Salzberg
