Idries Shah, Reflections
"When the human being says:'It is not true...'He may mean:'I don't know about it, so I think it is untrue.'Or:'I don't like it."
65 Quotes
"When the human being says:'It is not true...'He may mean:'I don't know about it, so I think it is untrue.'Or:'I don't like it."
Idries Shah, Reflections
"To drown in treacle is just as unpleasant as to drown in mud. People today are in danger of drowning in information; but because they have been taught information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be. If they could handle information, they would not have to drown at all. The lightning said to the oak tree: 'Stand aside, or take what is coming to you!"
Idries Shah, Reflections
"Enemies are often former or potential friends who have been denied - or think that they have been denied - something."
Idries Shah, Reflections
"Because there is a word for perfection, people will always imagine that they know it."
Idries Shah, Reflections
"None should say : 'I can trust,' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting or not trusting."
Idries Shah, Reflections
"Please, not again what you studied, how long you spent at it, how many books you wrote, what people thought of you - but: what did you learn?"
Idries Shah, Reflections
"None should say: 'I can trust' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting or not trusting."
Idries Shah, Reflections
"If a Manx cat tells you that it is trying to preserve its long, beautiful tail, you don't have to believe it - especially if you have eyes."
Idries Shah, Reflections
"Knowledge is something which you can use. Belief is something which uses you."
Idries Shah, Reflections
"The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age."
Idries Shah, Reflections
"The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose."
Idries Shah, Reflections
"The stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying. It was: 'What do you think I am, stupid, or something?"
Idries Shah, Reflections
"The lightning said to the oak tree: ‘Stand aside, or take what is coming to you!"
Idries Shah, Reflections
"None should say: ‘I can trust,’ or ‘I cannot trust’ until he is master of the option, of trusting or not trusting."
Idries Shah, Reflections
"EXPECTATION If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting."
Idries Shah, Reflections
"Presence and Absence A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence: I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence."
Idries Shah, Reflections
"You say that this society will come to an end, because societies always have done so. I wonder whether they have ended because they were not really societies at all."
Idries Shah, Reflections
"Causes: As important a fact as any individual cause on earth is the vital incapacity of the human individual to distinguish between genuine cause and one which is foisted upon him by pressure, environment, propaganda, conditioning. If people had the sense they pretend to have, they would seek this fundamental distinction perceptible. Hardly anyone makes this effort. This is partly because it is an invisible but powerful part of their culture to teach that conditioned emotionality and ‘causes’ whose necessity, urgency or rightness is only conditioned into them, are necessarily, right."
Idries Shah, Reflections
"Almost every day I am reminded of Saadi's reflection that there is no senseless tyranny like that of subordinates."
Idries Shah, Reflections
"Two people can illustrate crudity to you. The first is the crude man, whom you see perceiving the diamond as a stone. The other is the refined man, who makes clear to you the crudity of the first one."
Idries Shah, Reflections
✉️
Get more quotes like Idries Shah, Reflections's — every morning.
Join thousands of wisdom seekers getting daily quotes from 300,000+ curated sources.
Free forever. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
🎉 Check your inbox to confirm your subscription!