Quotes from Idries Shah

Las personas de este mundo tienen un destino fijado. Pero quien está desarrollado espiritualmente recibe lo que 'no' está en su destino.

The Sufis say, "This is not a religion; it is religion

Conviction, far from being based upon reason, is the enemy of reason; because rationality does not change, while convictions do, all the time.

Rumi himself once said that counterfeit gold is only to be found because there is such a thing as real gold to be copied.

Much religious teaching in the world is in reality a confused or deteriorated form, very different from its roots.

Definiciones de Mulla Do-Piaza Drogas: fuente de la experiencia mística del ignorante.

In the realm of Greater Understanding, the workshop is dismantled after the work is finished.

A man from the Land of Fools wanted to pull down the clouds. 'Why?' someone asked him. 'To squeeze out the rain.

Man (as he imagines himself to be), in general, is a possibility, not a fact.

One day the cub will become a wolf, even if it has been reared among the sons of man.

Sufism, they say, is that which enables one to understand religion, irrespective of its current outward form.

When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts.

Un día, el lobezno se convertirá en lobo, aunque se haya criado entre los hijos del hombre.

The clothes may vary, but the person is the same.

Imagination blocks you like a bolt on a door. Burn that bar. (Rumi)

Form is useful, but it is secondary.

SOVEREIGNTY Sovereignty is a wind of change. (Hariri)

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.

Donde haya una cosa verdadera o útil, con seguridad habrá una falsificación.

Cuántos amigos tendrías si fueras de uno en uno, pidiéndoles que escondan un cadáver?

Sufi secrets are perceived, not understood by words.

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.

Dicho del Mulá Nasrudín. Si sobrevivo a esta vida sin morirme, me sorprenderé.

Trying to force something is the best way to stop it from happening.