Scholars of the East and West have heroically consecrated their whole working lives to making available, by means of their own disciplines, Sufi literary and philosophical material to the world at large. In many cases they have faithfully recorded the Sufis' own reiteration that the Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.
Idries ShahWhen the Higher Man does something worthy of admiration, it is an evidence of his Mastership, not the object of it.
Idries ShahIf the path has been laid down, why the successive appearance of different teachers? Why would anyone reinvent the wheel, if everything were as cosy and sequential as primitive longing so easily convinces us?
Idries ShahMeditation - Before you learn how to meditate, you must unlearn what you think meditation might be.
Idries Shah