Idries Shah, Knowing How To Know: A Practical Philosophy In The Sufi Tradition Quotes
In a village where everyone has only one leg, the biped will hop about more lamely than anyone else, if he knows what is good for him.
It is as true as anything else which can be spoken to say that all knowledge is really available everywhere.
Do not think that your magic ring will work if you are not yourself Solomon.
You must improve yourself on a higher level if you are to be able to help people, and not just weep over them.
There is something in man which can detect real love. We rub it out, or muffle it, by substitute-love.
If you do not understand, you cannot love. You can only imagine that you love.
People talk about ‘service, effort, love, knowledge’. But with knowledge you know what love is, and what it is not.
Sufi Teachers are not, as you might hope, people who make you feel peace and harmony.