Idries Shah Quotes

"If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken."
- Idries Shah
(Related: Giving, Want)

"One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time."
- Idries Shah
(Related: Time, People, Beliefs, Past)