Idries Shah: Frases en inglés (página 2)

“If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.”

“If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flattery, gifts, honours. If you want to make a wise man happy - improve yourself!”

“When people have a hard task to do - one which stretches them - they become less concerned with trivial matters.”

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

“Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare. But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.”

“You have not forgotten to remember;
You have remembered to forget.
But people can forget to forget. That is just as important as remembering to remember - and generally more practical.”

“The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love.”

“It is not important to have said a thing first, or best - or even most interestingly. What is important is to say it on the right occasion.”

“Good. Show me a man who thinks that he knows what 'good' is, and I will probably be able to show you a horror of a person. Show me a person who really knows what 'good' is, and I will show you that he almost never uses the word.”

“From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying:
'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment.”

“It is not only a matter of not caring who knows - it is also a matter of knowing who cares.”

“MAN: Kick him-he'll forgive you. Flatter him-he may or may not see through you. But ignore him and he'll hate you”