Pranjal Shah Quotes

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza
Patience: A support for the disappointed. ~ Idries Shah

A little imagination goes a long way in Fes. ~ Tahir Shah

The intellect is not sovereign: knowledge is. ~ Idries Shah

Continuously, in commemoration of the Friend
We drank wine, even before the creation of the vine. ~ Idries Shah

I believe that Marrakech ought to be earned as a destination. The journey is the preparation for the experience. Reaching it too fast derides it, makes it a little less easy to understand. ~ Tahir Shah

If I knew what two and two were – I would say Four! ~ Idries Shah

Patience is bitter, but bears a sweet fruit. ~ Idries Shah

Disappointment cannot exist without expectation. The expected apricot is never as sweet when it reaches the mouth. ~ Idries Shah

The lightning said to the oak tree: 'Stand aside, or take what is coming to you! ~ Idries Shah

The chicken had his wish, and was magically transformed into a fox. Then he found that he could not digest grain. ~ Idries Shah

Reality is only as true as it is perceived. Reality does not change. How it is perceived does. ~ Murad S. Shah

But the Sufis work IN the world, and therefore WITH 'things of the world'. ~ Idries Shah

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

If you can turn a murderer into a mere thief, you are making progress. ~ Idries Shah

They did not ask my permission for their mediocrity, why should I ask theirs for excellence? ~ Murad S. Shah

A Sufi is one who is not bound by anything nor does he bind anything ~ Idries Shah

In todays world the ones you trust are the ones who betray you who are your true friends ? ~ Priyansh Shah

But the psychologist as familiar to us today is generally dealing with what we call the fake personality of man: the superficial (though necessary) intellectual-emotional system with which he works. We are attempting to contact and inform the deeper individuality of the human being. ~ Idries Shah, Learning Ho

Sufis aim to refine human consciousness. This is Sufi mysticism: not mystification or magic, but a specific Path. ~ Idries Shah

Sufism is therefore not 'Do as I say and not as I do', or even 'Do as I do', but 'Experience and you will know'. ~ Idries Shah

People today are in danger of drowning in information; but, because they have been taught that information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be.
If they could handle information, they would not have to drown at all. ~ Idries Shah

Acknowledging and being concious that you are being angry is a battle half won against anger. ~ Ketan R Shah

Those who love you the most, let you bend your notes ~ Paresh Shah

People think that they think things, and they also think that they know things. They could usefully give some attention to the question of whether they know what they think and know what they think they know. ~ Idries Shah

Saadi's dictum, in the Bostan: 'The Path is not in the rosary, the prayer-mat and the robe ~ Idries Shah

Sayings of the Prophet
Trust: Trust in God – but tie your camel first. ~ Idries Shah

Like the bat, the Sufi is asleep to 'things of the day' - the familiar struggle for existence which the ordinary man finds all-important - and vigilant while others are asleep. In other words, he keeps awake the spiritual attention dormant in others. That 'mankind sleeps in a nightmare of unfulfillment' is a commonplace of Sufi literature ~ Idries Shah

It was an awkward moment. We were burning down our host's house, a situation which any guest seeks to avoid. ~ Tahir Shah

You may be able to get the bone down your throat
But if it reaches your stomach it will tear your navel.
(Gulistan) ~ Idries Shah

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza
Intellectual: One who knows no craft. ~ Idries Shah

The person that you feel yourself to be, according to the Sufis, is a false person, which has no true reality. ~ Idries Shah

The answer to a fool is silence. (Proverb) ~ Idries Shah

Even if false gold makes a man happy:
At the mint it will be identified. ~ Idries Shah

Weapons systems the U.S. sold to the Shah of Iran wound up in the hands of Islamic militants who seized power there in 1979; a comparable scenario in Saudi Arabia is hardly impossible. ~ Stephen Kinzer

The sort of man who, throwing a stone upon the ground, would miss. ~ Idries Shah

You need not wonder whether you should have an unreliable person as a friend. An unreliable person is nobody's friend. ~ Idries Shah

Stories are a communal currency of humanity. ~ Tahir Shah

One senses that, in these conditions, no amount of wet-wiping could bring true hygiene. ~ Tahir Shah

These days no one challenges us,' he said. 'And because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we have all become lazy. ~ Tahir Shah

Remedy
Your medicine is in you, and you do not observe it. Your ailment is from yourself, and you do not register it.
Hazrat Ali ~ Idries Shah

Generosity is also marked by doing what one says one will do. ~ Idries Shah

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza
Penitent: Someone who has been made incapable of enjoying himself. ~ Idries Shah