Idries Shah: Quotes about thinking

Idries Shah was writer and Sufi teacher. Explore interesting quotes on thinking.
Idries Shah: 66   quotes 5   likes

“Q: What is a fundamental mistake of man's?
A: To think that he is alive, when he has merely fallen asleep in life's waiting-room.”

Idries Shah book Seeker After Truth

Source: Seeker After Truth

Life , Thinking , Waiting

“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!”

Idries Shah book Reflections

Source: Reflections

Money , Thinking , Happiness

“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.”

Idries Shah book Caravan of Dreams

Source: Caravan of Dreams

Thinking , Personality

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

Idries Shah book Reflections

Source: Reflections

Truth , Thinking , Time