Quotes by Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

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Haste is from the Devil. — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud. — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
Three ThingsThree things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportun — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaFlattery:One of the most promising of businesses: always brisk. — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza.Poverty: The result of marriage. — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaEmotionalist:A man or woman who thinks he has experienced the divine. — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnit — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaIntellectual: One who knows no craft. — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives. — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetDesireDesire not the world, and God will love you. Desire not what others have, and they will love — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaBribe Substitute for law, which is a substitute for justice. — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaSupporter: Someone who will say anything. — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaAdherent:Someone who will believe anything except what he should. — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaPatience: A support for the disappointed. — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaCommunity: Irrationals unified by hope of the impossible. — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
For every Pharoah there is a Moses. — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
The liar has a bad memory. — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
Life: sometimes the man on the saddle, sometimes the saddle on the man. — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
The happiness of the superficial: when a man who has lost his donkey finds it again. — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
He discards a quilt for fear of bugs. — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams