Quotes by Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work

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What is humanity? To feel pain at the sorrows of our neighbours, to feel humiliated at the humiliation of fellow-beings. — Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work
Our heads are filled with ‘knowledge’, a knowledge that in some areas pre-empts our seeing anything at all. — Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work
Certain levels of human understanding cannot be attained, it is claimed, until the brain can work in more than one way. — Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work
The process of learning is the process of discovering what really exists. — Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work
Most of the supposedly Sufi organizations, exercises and “orders” are in fact only of archaeological interest. — Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work
The colour of the water seems to be the colour of the glass into which it has been poured — Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work
We and all our existences are non-entities. Thou art the absolute being whose appearance is transitory. — Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work
Ibn El-Arabi wrote, ‘The Teacher is he who hears you, then unveils you to yourself — Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work
And Rumi tells us, ‘Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue’. — Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work
The selection and following of a spiritual guide is the most important duty of a Sufi. — Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work
At His door, what is the difference between Moslem and Christian, virtuous and guilty? At his door all are seekers and H — Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work
At His door, what is the difference between Muslim and Christian, virtuous and guilty? At his door all are seekers and H — Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work
Unbelief and belief are both marching on His road, while both are saying, ‘He is one and He has no associates’. — Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work
If you cannot sit on a throne like a king, seize, like a tent-pitcher, the rope of the Royal tent. — Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work
Sufism is, in operation, pragmatic. — Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work