To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions — and not to try to avoid what is your lot.
To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions — and not to try to avoid what is your lot.
To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions — and not to try to avoid what is your lot.
To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions — and not to try to avoid what is your lot.
To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions — and not to try to avoid what is your lot.
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To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions

— and not to try to avoid what is your lot.
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To drown in treacle is just as unpleasant as to drown in mud.People today are in danger of drowning in information; but — Idries Shah, Reflections
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
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, The Commanding Self
Humility cannot be taught by propaganda, though slavery can. Shouting for humility is a form of arrogance. One of my mos — Idries Shah, Reflections
If you will not reprove yourself,’ Saadi says, ‘you will not welcome reproof from another. — Idries Shah, The Sufis
The impatient man is his own enemy — he slams the door on his own progress.
He who sleeps on the Road will lose either his hat or his head. — Idries Shah, The Sufis
The worst of sages is a visitor of princes — the best of princes is a visitor of sages.
SOVEREIGNTYSovereignty is a wind of change. (Hariri) — Idries Shah
Hariri says, in his Maqamat: ‘Safety is on the river’s BANK. — Idries Shah, Seeker After Truth
Sufi Teachers are not, as you might hope, people who make you feel peace and harmony. — Idries Shah, Knowing How to Know: A Practical Philosophy in the Sufi Tradition
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