Idries Shah Quotes About Progress

Quotes about: Progress

• If you can turn a murderer into a mere thief, you are making progress.

  Idries Shah

  Progress, Thieves, Murderer

• The impatient man is his own enemy; he slams the door on his own progress.

  Idries Shah

  Men, Doors, Enemy

  Idries Shah (1997). “The Commanding Self”, p.81, Octagon Press Ltd

• One can give or withhold in a manner far more effective, sophisticated, useful, which is quite invisible to people who think that giving or withholding is done by external assessment. If you seek some mark of favour or 'promotion', know that you are not ready for it. Progress comes through capacity to learn, and is irresistible. Nobody can stand between you and knowledge if you are fit for it.

  Idries Shah

  Thinking, Assessment, People

  Idries Shah (1978). “Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way”, p.159, Octagon Press Ltd

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