Wisdom Quote by Idries Shah — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Fettered feet in the presence of friends is better than living in a garden with strangers.”

“One day we will all wear a garment which has no pockets...”

“Sayings of the Prophet”

“The mine is always bigger than the gem.”

“If wine is the enemy of religion, I shall devour the enemy of religion.”

“In a village where everyone has only one leg, the biped will hop about more lamely than anyone else, if he knows what is good for him.”

“[Y]ou are here to learn something. Don’t try to figure out what it is. This can be frustrating and unproductive.”

“May you always have a beautiful soul with a fierce demeanor & a curiosity to know.”

“For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge the more grief.”

“When I start a new seminar I tell my students that I will undoubtedly contradict myself, and that I will mean both things. But an acceptance of contradiction is no excuse for fuzzy thinking. We do have to use our minds as far as they will take us, yet acknowledge that they cannot take us all the way.”

“So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half asleep even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”

“We can no more justify using nonhumans as human resources than we can justify human slavery. Animal use and slavery have at least one important point in common: both institutions treat sentient beings exclusively as resources of others. That cannot be justified with respect to humans; it cannot be justified with respect to nonhumans—however “humanely” we treat them.”