Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.
Idries ShahA man who believes the word of a donkey in preference to my word does not deserve to be lent anything.
Idries ShahWe view Sufism not as an ideology that molds people to the right way of belief or action, but as an art or science that can exert a beneficial influence on individuals and societies, in accordance with the needs of those individuals and societies ... Sufi study and development gives one capacities one did not have before.
Idries Shah