“Do I always have to be dependent on ‘seeing a man with no feet’ . . . before I realize that ‘I have feet’?”
Shah“Happiness is in all of us and it comes from progress. The root cause of a multiplier effect or a destroyer effect lies inside of us. The multiplication of the happiness in us on a daily basis makes us unique and powerful and gives us the reason for our existence." --Bimal Shah.”
Bimal Shah“Sandals. The Sufi teacher Ghulam-Shah was asked what pattern he used in formulating his courses for disciples. He said: 'Barefoot until you can get sandals, sandals until you can manage boots.”
Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe“Never trust a strange place because there might be someone or something that may introduce you to your death.”
Jaydeep Shah, Horror Stories 3: Knock of Death“Do I always have to be dependent on ‘seeing a man with no feet’ . . . before I realize that ‘I have feet’?”
Shah“He who sleeps on the Road will lose either his hat or his head.”
Idries Shah, The Sufis“If you will not reprove yourself,’ Saadi says, ‘you will not welcome reproof from another.”
Idries Shah, The Sufis“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“Humility cannot be taught by propaganda, though slavery can. Shouting for humility is a form of arrogance. One of my most abiding recollections is of a priest at a religious occasion once roaring, in the most threatening way imaginable: ‘O our Lord God, we most humbly pray…!’Real humility is not always the same as apparent humility. Remember that fighting against self-conceit is still fighting: and that it will tend to suppress it temporarily. It does not cure anything.Remember, too, that humility itself does not bring an automatic reward: it is a means to an end. It enables a person to operate in a certain manner.”
Idries Shah, Reflections“Fill this city of mine with people as,You filled the river with fishes O Lord.”
Quli Qutub Shah