“ If you will not reprove yourself,’ Saadi says, ‘you will not welcome reproof from another. Idries Shah
“ Humility cannot be taught by propaganda, though slavery can. Shouting for humility is a form of arrogance. One of my most abiding recollections is of a priest at a religious occasion once roaring, in… Idries Shah
“ Sufis are not here to satisfy a demand. They exist to share what they have got. These two things are not always the same. Idries Shah
“ We and all our existences are non-entities. Thou art the absolute being whose appearance is transitory. Idries Shah
