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The question of divine knowledge is so deep that it is really known only to those who have it.

Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

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Tahir Shah

Quote from Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams

My father used to tell me that stories offer the listener a chance to escape but, more importantly, he said, they provide people with a chance to maximize their minds. Suspend ordinary constraints, allow the imagination to be freed, and we are charged with the capability of heighetned thought.Learn to use your eyes as if they are your ears, he said, and you become connected with the ancient heritage of man, a dream world for the waking mind.

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Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way

Quote from Idries Shah, Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way

If you really want to learn, do not be surprised if someone tries to teach you. And do not lightly reject the method.

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Knowing How to Know: A Practical Philosophy in the Sufi Tradition

Quote from Idries Shah, Knowing How to Know: A Practical Philosophy in the Sufi Tradition

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.

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The Commanding Self

Quote from Idries Shah, The Commanding Self

One day we will all wear a garment which has no pockets…

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Sufi Thought and Action

Quote from Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action

If wine is the enemy of religion, I shall devour the enemy of religion.

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Observations

Quote from Idries Shah, Observations

Wisdom is when you understand what, previously, at best you only knew.

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The Sufis

Quote from Idries Shah, The Sufis

The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces.

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The Dermis Probe

Quote from Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe

The candle burned the moth:But soon it will vanish in its own fat.

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Quote from Idries Shah, Wisdom of the Idiots

Our objective is to achieve, by the understanding of the Origin, the Knowledge which comes through experience.

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