Dye your hair, certainly. But what can you do for your face?
Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams.
“Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza.Poverty: The result of marriage.”
“Haste is from the Devil.”
“Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud.”
“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.”
“SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN:Self-justification is worse than the original offence.”
“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.”
“It is your duty to do your best. It is not, however, your birth-right to prevail.”
“There are two aspects of individual harmony: the harmony between body and soul, and the harmony between individuals. All the tragedy in the world, in the individual and in the multitude, comes from...”
“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...”
“Sufism is about connecting with the intuitive parts of ourselves so that we can attune to the highest vibration in the universe, which is pure love. It's about joining together in the mystical heart.”