None should say: 'I can trust' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting or not trusting.
Idries ShahThe Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.
Idries ShahHe that is purified by love is pure; and he that is absorbed in the Beloved and hath abandoned all else is a Sufi.Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah.
Idries ShahThe chicken had his wish, and was magically transformed into a fox. Then he found that he could not digest grain.
Idries ShahIf you are uninterested in what I say, there's an end to it. If you like what I say, please try to understand which previous influences have made you like it. If you like some of the things I say, and dislike others, you could try to understand why. If you dislike all I say, why not try to find out what formed your attitude?
Idries Shah