Idries Shah

Idries Shah was a British writer and teacher known for his works on Sufism and the transmission of Eastern wisdom to the West.

"You fear tomorrow: yet yesterday is just as dangerous."

Idries Shah

"Until you can understand illogicality, and the meaningfulness of it, shun the Sufis except for limited, precise, self-evident services."

Idries Shah

"A Sufi school comes into being in order to flourish and disappear, not to leave traces in mechanical ritual, or anthropologically survivals."

Idries Shah

"Words have to die if humans are to live."

Idries Shah

"Premature independence is the daughter of conceit."

Idries Shah