Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

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"What do I sing, and what does my tambourine sing?"

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"Dye your hair, certainly. But what can you do for your face?"

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"Brave is the thief who carries a lamp in his hand."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"The definition of the word 'finished' is: 'This word means finished."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"Haste is from the Devil."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"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),"

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaFlattery:One of the most promising of businesses: always brisk."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza.Poverty: The result of marriage."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaEmotionalist:A man or woman who thinks he has experienced the divine."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaIntellectual: One who knows no craft."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"Saying of the ProphetDesireDesire not the world, and God will love you. Desire not what others have, and they will love you."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaCommunity: Irrationals unified by hope of the impossible."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaBribe Substitute for law, which is a substitute for justice."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaSupporter: Someone who will say anything."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaAdherent:Someone who will believe anything except what he should."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaPatience: A support for the disappointed."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"For every Pharoah there is a Moses."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"The liar has a bad memory."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"Life: sometimes the man on the saddle, sometimes the saddle on the man."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza. Worry: Something to make you unnecessarily ill."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"Saying of the ProphetUnderstandingSpeak to everyone in accordance with his degree of understanding."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

"The happiness of the superficial: when a man who has lost his donkey finds it again."

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams