Idries Shah
Idries Shah
Idries Shah, also known as Idris Shah, né Sayed Idries el-Hashimiand by the pen name Arkon Daraul, was an author and teacher in the Sufi tradition who wrote over three dozen books on topics ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth16 June 1924
CountryIndia
educational thinking goal
There is a succession of experiences which together constitute the educational and developmental ripening of the learner, according to the Sufis. People who think that each gain is the goal itself will freeze at any such stage, and cannot learn through successive and superseding lessons.
remembers-you remember-you people
You have not forgotten to remember; You have remembered to forget. But people can forget to forget. That is just as important as remembering to remember - and generally more practical.
distrust
One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts.
doors fortune should
When Fortune knocks, open the door,' they say. But why should one make fortune knock, by keeping the door shut?
wise powerful names
When the ignorant have become numerous or powerful enough, they have been referred to by a special name. This names is 'the Wise'.
taken lions ants
When the lion had eaten its fill, and the jackals had taken their share, the ants came along and finished up the meat from the bones of the haughty stag.
glasses water colour
The colour of the water seems to be the colour of the glass into which it has been poured'.
kings fear scorpions
A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was eventually stung to death by scorpions.
differences realizing containers
When you realize the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge.
kindness mean exercise
Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.
wise book ass
Anyone can see that an ass laden with books remains a donkey. A human being laden with the undigested results of a tussle with thoughts and books, however, still passes for wise.
progress thieves murderer
If you can turn a murderer into a mere thief, you are making progress.
humility humble trying
Do not try to be humble: learn humility.
criticise
Learn to be as analytical about things of which you are credulous as you are of those which you criticise.