Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.
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Karl Lagerfeld
Nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws of their own egos. That is the way we all see ..each other in life. Vanity, fear, desire, competition-- all such distortions within our own egos-- condition our vision of those in relation to us. Add...
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Tennessee Williams
It often occurs that pride and selfishness are muddled with strength and independence. They are neither equal nor similar; in fact, they are polar opposites. A coward may be so cowardly that he masks his weakness with some false personification of power. He is afraid...
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Criss Jami
The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it.
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Criss Jami
Hate. Huh. He'd never hated himself. If anything, he'd always liked himself a little too much. Once, a human female had even accused him of picturing his own face while he climaxed. He hadn't denied it, either, and next time he'd slept with her, he'd...
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Gena Showalter
More Quotes By Idries Shah
In a village where everyone has only one leg, the biped will hop about more lamely than anyone else, if he knows what is good for him.
One day we will all wear a garment which has no pockets...
Wisdom is when you understand what, previously, at best you only knew.
SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN:Self-justification is worse than the original offence.
It is not Sufism if it does not perform its function for you. A cloak is no longer a cloak if it does not keep a man warm.
