Trishala Shah Quotes

Nobody has ever been and most certainly, never would be able to cut the wings of beliefs! Instead, they are nurtured for the needed flight that they give to our otherwise inert lives… ~ Trishala D. Shah

All things change, and we change with them. ~ London Shah

From a personal experience and the examination of literature, I feel that we cannot take for granted that a dialogue, without information and perhaps without understanding, is possible between any individuals or groups on all levels. So the prerequisite is information. ~ Idries Shah

None of them seemed to mind sliding around in the faeces and choking in the smoke. They were determined not to miss the opportunity of watching a foreigner make a fool of himself. ~ Tahir Shah

abandonment of spiritual values which makes us stand aghast.' The Mir answered: 'Neither could you provide entertainment for your people, nor could you bind them to your person. To call them "my people ~ Idries Shah

A dried plant is nothing but a sign to plant a new one ~ Priyansh Shah

We may yearn for rustic detail and old-world charm, but those who have it set their minds on vinyl wallpaper, fitted carpets and all mod cons. ~ Tahir Shah

As I saw it, a little threatening was a good thing. It kept the men on their toes. ~ Tahir Shah

Later American support for the unpopular Muhammad Reza Shah, who not only closed down the Majlis to effect his modernization programme, but systematically denied Iranians fundamental human rights that democracy was supposed to guarantee, made it seem that there was a double standard. The West proudly proclaimed democracy for its own people, but Muslims were expected to submit to cruel dictatorships. In Egypt there were seventeen general elections between 1923 and 1952, all of which were won by the popular Wafd party, but the Wafd were permitted to rule only five times. They were usually forced to stand down by either the British or by the king of EgypT ~ Karen Armstrong

Where does one go in a tremendous city like Calcutta to find insider information? I recalled India's golden rule: do the opposite of what would be normal anywhere else. ~ Tahir 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

A journey of observation must leave as much as possible to chance. Random movement is the best plan for maximum observation ~ Tahir Shah

People cannot handle prejudice because they try to deal with the symptom. Prejudice is the symptom, wrong assumptions are the cause.
'Prejudice is the daughter of assumption. ~ Idries Shah

I have lived in Mumbai for more than 20 years, have my domicile here, my home and family here. ~ Shah Rukh Khan

If you want to be a calligrapher, write, and write, and write. ~ Idries Shah

Whoever gives knowledge to a fool loses it
And who keeps it from the deserving does wrong. ~ Idries Shah

They say: 'Seek wisdom while you have the strength, or you may lose the strength without gaining wisdom. ~ Idries Shah

The Sufi must be able to alternate his thought between the relative and the Absolute, the approximate and the Real. ~ Idries Shah

Understanding and knowledge are completely different sensations in the realm of Truth than they are in the realm of society. ~ Idries Shah

Let love guide you in your decisions. ~ Sabine Shah

You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean. ~ Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
Reflection
The Faithful are mirrors, one to the other. ~ Idries Shah

Iran's most formidable modern leader, Reza Shah Pahlavi, was obsessed with the idea of building a steel mill, but in 1941, soon after he assembled all the components, Allied armies invaded Iran, and the project had to be abandoned. ~ Stephen Kinzer

Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged mind, delusions or a masochistic taste for more suffering, experienced, of course, as joy. ~ Idries Shah

The major barrier to understanding is wishful thinking and following that which pleases one. ~ Idries Shah

When the human being says:
'It is not true ... '
He may mean:
'I don't know about it, so I think it is untrue.'
Or:
'I don't like it. ~ Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
Women
Women are the twin-halves of men. ~ Idries Shah

Death
If he is a good man, death will be a release;
If he is a bad one, it will release others from him. ~ Idries Shah

Shah Rukh is not my girlfriend that I should remember him. When I don't remember my past girlfriends, what will I remember Shah Rukh for? ~ Salman Khan

Yes I have made a lot of money and I have a lot of respect, my films have done well, and I know there are loads of loads of people who look up to me and really love me. I really just thought this is like a strange dream. I have never thought this is a success - I don't have a standard. ~ Shah Rukh Khan

Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent. ~ Tahir Shah

The riots that shook Abadan led many Iranians to rally to the workers' cause, partly out of instinctive sympathy but also because of the grossly unequal terms under which the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company operated. In 1947, for example, the company reported an after-tax profit of £40 million-the equivalent of $112 million dollars-and gave Iran just £7 million. To make matters worse, it never complied with its commitment under the 1933 agreement with Reza Shah to give laborers better pay and more chance for advancement, nor had it built the schools, hospitals, roads, or telephone system it promised. Manucher Farmanfarmaian, who in 1949 became director of Iran's petroleum institute, was appalled by what he found at Abadan: ~ Stephen Kinzer

If I talk to a girl, it's assumed that I'm having a scene with her. If I don't, then it's assumed that I'm gay. ~ Shah Rukh Khan

The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day. ~ Idries Shah

What you are seeking in your retreat, I see clearly in every road and alleyway. ~ Idries Shah

She is like the white skies,
the shine, the sun and its rhyme.
While he is the darkness that blinds,
the moon, the wolf in mysterious confines. ~ Akhil Shah

Sufism, in one definition, "is" human life. ~ Idries Shah

There was once, in the country of Alifbay, a sad city, the saddest of cities, a city so ruinously sad that it had forgotten its name. It stood by a mournful sea full of glumfish, which were so miserable to eat that they made people belch with melancholy even though the skies were blue ...
And in the depths of the city, beyond an old zone of ruined buildings that look like broken hearts, there lived a happy young fellow by name of Haroun, the only child of the storyteller Rashid Khalifa, whose cheerfulness was famous throughout that unhappy metropolis, and whose never-ending stream of tall, and winding tales had earned him not one but two nicknames. To his admirers he was Rashid the Ocean of Notions, as stuffed with cheery stories as the sea was full of glumfish; but to his jealous rivals he was the Shah of Blah. ~ Salman Rushdie

A man's capacity is the same as his breadth of vision. ~ Idries Shah

The more golden the opportunity, the less likely you will see it. ~ Murad S. Shah

Ali, Son of the Father of the Seeker
Ali said: 'None may arrive at the Truth until he is able to think that the Path itself may be wrong. This is because those who can only believe that it must be right are not believers, but people who are incapable of thinking otherwise than they already think. Such people are not men at all. Like animals they must follow certain beliefs, and during this time they cannot learn. Because they cannot be called "humanity", they cannot arrive at the Truth. ~ Idries Shah

I am better than good. ~ Awais Shah

The selection and following of a spiritual guide is the most important duty of a Sufi. ~ Idries Shah

Magic is the motivation to see opportunities for a happier potential. The motivation itself creates the potential. ~ Shradhdha. S