Quotes from Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

You will never reach Mecca, I fear: for you are on the road to Turkestan.

You make me a sinner if you stop me giving you hospitality.

What goes into a salt-mine becomes salt.

The power of Allah: no sound, no shape, no form. But when it manifests, none can resist it.

Sayings of the ProphetTrust: Trust in God – but tie your camel first.

Saying of the ProphetWomenWomen are the twin-halves of men.

Saying of the ProphetReflectionThe Faithful are mirrors, one to the other.

Saying of the ProphetFoodNobody has eaten better food than that won by his own labour.

Saying of the ProphetDeathDie before your death.

Saying of the ProphetSleepSleep is the brother of death.