Clergyman's

“Much travel is needed before the raw man is ripened.”
— Idries Shah

“Because sugar is not arsenic, many graves are full.”
— Idries Shah

“Hit your hand on a stone and expect it to hurt.”
— Idries Shah

“He discards a quilt for fear of bugs.”
— Idries Shah

“A lesson in folly is worth two in wisdom.”
— Tom Stoppard

“As swords were designed to killThey did well to make them tongue-shaped.(Anwar-i-Suhaili)”
— Idries Shah

“Yes, the world is an illusion. But Truth is always being shown there.”
— Idries Shah

“The candle burned the moth:But soon it will vanish in its own fat.”
— Idries Shah

“Haste is from the Devil.”
— Idries Shah

“Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk.”
— Michael Crichton