Fakir Lalon Shah Quotes

#1. If you cannot sit on a throne like a king, seize, like a tent-pitcher, the rope of the Royal tent. #Quote by Idries Shah

#2. Sufism is that which succeeds in bringing to man the High Knowledge. #Quote by Idries Shah

#3. Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct. #Quote by Idries Shah

#4. To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon. #Quote by Idries Shah

#5. Each day wake up and ask yourself what will make you feel most alive that day. #Quote by Jaymin Shah

#6. The secret protects itself. It is found only in the spirit and practice of the Work. #Quote by Idries Shah

#7. What you have to learn is how to find the unworldly in everything. #Quote by Idries Shah

#8. As far as I was concerned, a little danger of head-shrinking is a small price to pay in return for a people who have remained true to an ancient code. #Quote by Tahir Shah

#9. The foolishness of youth with the cynicism of age is a dangerous combination. #Quote by Murad S. Shah

#10. This is what we get for thinking that scaley orange skin and fake hair could keep that former demon out of elected office. #Quote by Roshani Chokshi

#11. With enough information, it is almost impossible "not" to predict people's action. #Quote by Idries Shah

#12. Right time, right place, right people equals success.
Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history. #Quote by Idries Shah

#13. The idea of my heart dancing with delight was far too good to pass up. #Quote by Tahir Shah

#14. You may have forgotten the Way:
But those who came before
Did not forget you.
Saying of Master Bahaudin Naqshband of Bokhara #Quote by Idries Shah

#15. It is a Sufi contention that truth is not discovered or maintained by the mere repetition of teachings. It can only be kept understood by the perpetual experience of it. And it is in the experience of truth that the Sufis have always reposed their trust. Sufism is therefore not 'Do as I say and not as I do', or even 'Do as I do', but 'Experience it and you will know'. #Quote by Idries Shah

#16. I don't like the trappings of stardom. I wear the shoes and the Dolce & Gabbana, because I'm told to. But I'm not trapped by it. #Quote by Shah Rukh Khan

#17. On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish. #Quote by Tahir Shah

#18. I love Shah Rukh Khan! I have seen many of his movies. #Quote by Michael Steger

#19. But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I'm not the one being arrested. #Quote by Tahir Shah

#20. 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. #Quote by Idries Shah

#21. The impatient man is his own enemy; he slams the door on his own progress. #Quote by Idries Shah

#22. He who is fortunately enlightened [the Sufi]
Knows that sophistry is from the devil and love from Adam. #Quote by Idries Shah

#23. What is humanity? To feel pain at the sorrows of our neighbours, to feel humiliated at the humiliation of fellow-beings. #Quote by Idries Shah

#24. There is an old persian saying. When everyone is looking for a chair to sit on, it is better to sit on the floor. #Quote by Ahmad Shah Masud

#25. Service
I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages.

Rabia el-Adawia. #Quote by Idries Shah

#26. I don't believe in 'good exposure'. It is not how I was programmed. #Quote by Imam Shah

#27. Many Sufis are not guides. #Quote by Idries Shah

#28. In the distorting mirror of your mind, an angel can seem to have a devil's face. #Quote by Idries Shah

#29. A loan is the scissors of friendship.
A man's own tongue may cut his throat.
The cage has no value without the bird. #Quote by Idries Shah

#30. My favorite dish is tandoori chicken. #Quote by Shah Rukh Khan

#31. People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because it hasn't got the knowledge that would save it, but because nobody will use the knowledge. #Quote by Idries Shah

#32. Whatever goes into a salt-mine becomes salt. #Quote by Idries Shah

#33. Pandavas, will you see my truth?'
See well. Those words, uttered by Varuni, Sage Durvasa, Ratri, and Agni, echoed back to her. Aru's jaw clenched, but she nodded. She owed it to all of them, and, a small part of her said, she owed it to herself. #Quote by Roshani Chokshi

#34. first pious man, who said: 'Did you encounter my disciples and help them?' Khidr answered: #Quote by Idries Shah

#35. Poor greedy one, wherever he runs
He's after food, and death is after him.
(Saadi) #Quote by Idries Shah

#36. The definition of the word 'finished' is: 'This word means finished. #Quote by Idries Shah

#37. To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions; and not to try to avoid what is your lot. #Quote by Idries Shah

#38. When we cannot see, we don't judge. Small wonder when we kiss, cry, laugh, make love, are in pain, pray and listen to music, we close our eyes. #Quote by Sabine Shah

#39. As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader's hair stick on end. #Quote by Tahir Shah