Nasr Eddin Hodja citations

Nasr Eddin Hodja, parfois orthographié Nasreddin ou Nasreddine, est un personnage mythique de la culture musulmane, philosophe d'origine turque, né en 1208 à Sivrihisar et mort en 1284 à Akşehir,. Ouléma ingénu et faux-naïf prodiguant des enseignements tantôt absurdes tantôt ingénieux, sa renommée va des Balkans à la Mongolie et ses aventures sont célébrées dans des dizaines de langues, du serbo-croate au persan en passant par le turc, l'arabe, le grec, le russe et d'autres.

Son personnage s'est fondu à celui de Joha Jha, Djha ou Djouha Djeha. Le personnage de Joha Wikipedia  

✵ 1208 – 1284
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Nasr Eddin Hodja: Citations en anglais

“Nasrudin, your donkey has been lost.”

"Thank goodness I was not on the donkey at the time, or I would be lost too."
Paul Blenkiron, Stories and Analogies in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (2010), ISBN 047005896X, p. 43

“A man called, wanting to borrow a rope.
"You cannot have it," said Nasrudin.
"Why not?"
"Because it is in use."
"But I can see it just lying there, on the ground."”

"That's right: that's its use."
Idries Shah, The Pleasantries of the Incredible Mulla Nasrudin (1968), ISBN 0525473068, p. 152

“"Nasrudin, your donkey has been lost."
"Thank goodness I was not on the donkey at the time, or I would be lost too."”

Paul Blenkiron, Stories and Analogies in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (2010), , p. 43

“"I can see in the dark."
"That may be so, Mulla. But if it is true, why do you sometimes carry a candle at night?"
"To prevent other people from bumping into me."”

N. Hanif (ed.), Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis: Central Asia and Middle East (2002), , p. 343

“Mulla, Mulla, my son has written from the Abode of Learning to say that he has completely finished his studies!”

"Console yourself, madam, with the thought that God will no doubt send him more."
Idries Shah, The Subtleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasrudin (1973), ISBN 0525473548, p. 134

“Nasruddin, four years ago you were here, and I asked that time also what is your age, and you told me forty years. Now this is absolutely inconsistent – how can you still be forty?”

Nasruddin said, "I am a man of consistency. Once forty, I remain forty always. When I have answered once, I have answered forever! You cannot lead me astray. I am forty, and whenever you ask you will get the same answer."
Osho, And The Flowers Showered (2003), ISBN 817182210X, p. 204

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