Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe

Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe

"Salute to the Thief. Junaid of Baghdad was passing the scene of a public hanging, where a thief was on the scaffold. Junaid bowed towards the criminal. Someone asked him: 'What did you do that' Junaid said: 'I was bowing before his single-mindedness. For his aim, that man has given his life."
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"Salute to the Thief. Junaid of Baghdad was passing the scene of a public hanging, where a thief was on the scaffold. Junaid bowed towards the criminal. Someone asked him: 'What did you do that' Junaid said: 'I was bowing before his single-mindedness. For his aim, that man has given his life."
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"One lie will keep out forty truths."
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"Do not tell your secrets to everyone in this headquarters, Earth. We have surveyed it well. There was nobody to whom to entrust secrets."
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"Rust through washing never became white."
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"Whoever has taught me one letter has made me his slave."
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"THE HEAVENSTo the mallet of the Highest Mind The heavens are the smallest possible ball.(Akhlaq-i-Mohsini)"
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"Give and Take The Chief takes less than he is given And gives more than he has taken."
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"Give and Take The Chief takes less than he is given And gives more than he has taken"
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"Learning without action is like wax without honey.(Anwar-i-Suhaili)"
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"You may be able to get the bone down your throat But if it reaches your stomach it will tear your navel.(Gulistan)"
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"A loan is the scissors of friendship. A man's own tongue may cut his throat. The cage has no value without the bird."
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"Even if false gold makes a man happy:At the mint it will be identified."
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"No colour comes after black."
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"Much smoke has been seen, and caused great fear of fire — even when no fire ensued."
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"I ask about the sky, but the answer is about a rope."
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"No effort makes a black crow into a white hawk."
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"The hearts of the noble are the graves of confidences."
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts."
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"The bowl is warmer than the soup."
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
"Before the antidote arrives from Iraq The man with snake-bite will be dead."
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
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