Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
90 quotes
"What do I sing, and what does my tambourine sing?"
"Dye your hair, certainly. But what can you do for your face?"
"Brave is the thief who carries a lamp in his hand."
"The definition of the word 'finished' is: 'This word means finished."
"Haste is from the Devil."
"Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud."
"Three ThingsThree things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity.(Ali the Lion, Caliph of Islam, son-in-law of Mohammed the Prophet),"
"Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaFlattery:One of the most promising of businesses: always brisk."
"Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza.Poverty: The result of marriage."
"Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaEmotionalist:A man or woman who thinks he has experienced the divine."
"You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude."
"Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaIntellectual: One who knows no craft."
"Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives."
"Saying of the ProphetDesireDesire not the world, and God will love you. Desire not what others have, and they will love you."
"Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaCommunity: Irrationals unified by hope of the impossible."
"Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaBribe Substitute for law, which is a substitute for justice."
"Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaSupporter: Someone who will say anything."
"Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaAdherent:Someone who will believe anything except what he should."
"Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaPatience: A support for the disappointed."
"For every Pharoah there is a Moses."
"The liar has a bad memory."
"Life: sometimes the man on the saddle, sometimes the saddle on the man."
"Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza. Worry: Something to make you unnecessarily ill."
"Saying of the ProphetUnderstandingSpeak to everyone in accordance with his degree of understanding."
"The happiness of the superficial: when a man who has lost his donkey finds it again."