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

“The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces.”

“Saying of the Prophet. The Bequest: I have nothing to leave you except my family.”

“It is not Sufism if it does not perform its function for you. A cloak is no longer a cloak if it does not keep a man warm.”

“Haste is from the Devil.”

“SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN:”

“Sayings of the Prophet”

“When the heart is filled with knowing, the heart becomes the seat of nectar. The nectar flows through your mind, and fills the mind with heart. With nectar in your mind instead of thinking, you have understanding and wisdom. When the nectar moves through your emotions, you experience it washing you. Instead of seeing through what you have learned or experienced in the past, you see as goodness sees. It is like having love eyes in the mind. An eternal goodness is moving through your heart, through your body, through your mind, but the heart isn’t the source. Your being is coming into your life. Your heart isn’t the source of this goodness; it is where you let the goodness flow.”

“I’ve come to believe that wise people don’t tell us what to do; they start by witnessing our story. They take the anecdotes, rationalizations, and episodes we tell, and see us in a noble struggle. They see the way we’re navigating the dialectics of life—intimacy versus independence, control versus uncertainty— and understand that our current self is just where we are right now, part of a long continuum of growth.”

“Let discernment be your trustee, and mistakes your teacher.”

“Let the systems be efficient. Let us be kind.”

“Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk.”