Quotes from Idries Shah, Reflections

I have heard all that you have had to say to me on your problems.You ask me what to do about them.It is my view that your real problem is that you are a member of the human race.Face that one first.

When the human being says:'It is not true...'He may mean:'I don't know about it, so I think it is untrue.'Or:'I don't like it.

You can keep going on much less attention than you crave.

The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.