What did Idries Shah mean by: A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it. Idries Shah Author · India Copy
Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Idries Shah, Acceptance, Patience, Resilience, 0 Idries Shah Author · India
+ Premature independence is the daughter of conceit. Author, July 8, 2023January 2, 2025, Idries Shah, Conceit, Independence, Maturity, 0 Idries Shah Author · India
+ Do not try to be humble: learn humility. Author, September 26, 2023January 2, 2025, Idries Shah, Growth, Humility, Self-improvement, 0 Idries Shah Author · India
The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Idries Shah, Knowledge, Practice, 0 Idries Shah Author · India
Effort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown. Read explanation Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Idries Shah, Effort, Fame, Recognition, 0 Idries Shah Author · India
The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Idries Shah, Mysticism, Spirituality, Understanding, 0 Idries Shah Author · India
If your desire for ‘good’ is based on greed, it is not good, but greed. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Idries Shah, Desire, Greed, Morality, 0 Idries Shah Author · India
The impatient man is his own enemy; he slams the door on his own progress. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Idries Shah, Hindrance, Impatience, Progress, 0 Idries Shah Author · India
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
