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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
IMPRESSIONS — Time brought a thousand impressions. Not one of them had I seen in the mirror of the imagination.(Anwar-i-Suhaili)
The spirit is the mirror — the body is the rust.(Divan-i-Shamsi Tabriz)
SENTENCES OF THE KHAJAGANGURGANI: — The teacher and the taught together produce the teaching.
Sufism is, in operation, pragmatic. — Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work
The means through which people may perceive Truth have forms — Truth has no form.
Remembering and ForgettingYou have not forgotten to remember — You have remembered to forget.But people can forget to forget. That is just as important as remembering to remember – and generally more practical.
He that is purified by love is pure — and he that is absorbed in the Beloved and hath abandoned all else is a Sufi.Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah.