Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams Quotes: Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.
         

Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.


Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
Check all other quotes by Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Better-to-be-safe-than-to-be-87770>.





Check out


Other quotes of Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams


There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse.

There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse.




Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud.

Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud.



Three ThingsThree things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity.(Ali the Lion, Caliph of Islam, son-in-law of Mohammed the Prophet),

Three ThingsThree things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity.(Ali the Lion, Caliph of Islam, son-in-law of Mohammed the Prophet),



Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaFlattery:One of the most promising of businesses: always brisk.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaFlattery:One of the most promising of businesses: always brisk.



Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza.Poverty: The result of marriage.

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza.Poverty: The result of marriage.



Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaEmotionalist:A man or woman who thinks he has experienced the divine.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaEmotionalist:A man or woman who thinks he has experienced the divine.



You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude.

You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude.



Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaIntellectual: One who knows no craft.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaIntellectual: One who knows no craft.



Saying of the ProphetDesireDesire not the world, and God will love you. Desire not what others have, and they will love you.

Saying of the ProphetDesireDesire not the world, and God will love you. Desire not what others have, and they will love you.





Other quotes you may like


Some folks never exaggerate-they just remember big.

Some folks never exaggerate-they just remember big.



If I did not love America, I wouldn't have moved here from Kenya.

If I did not love America, I wouldn't have moved here from Kenya.



I think Saturday may be Latin for "stay in pajamas til noon then eventually motivate yourself to shower and get ready for bed that night.

I think Saturday may be Latin for "stay in pajamas til noon then eventually motivate yourself to shower and get ready for bed that night.



How difficult it is to reach anything approaching a moderate and relatively calm point of view in the midst of one's emotions.

How difficult it is to reach anything approaching a moderate and relatively calm point of view in the midst of one's emotions.



I never know what will happen. I have fallen on my face - not literally, thank goodness! - many times. But I always survive. And I don't let it stop me.

I never know what will happen. I have fallen on my face - not literally, thank goodness! - many times. But I always survive. And I don't let it stop me.



Andrew Calhoun tells the truth. To my knowledge, there is no better songwriter alive.

Andrew Calhoun tells the truth. To my knowledge, there is no better songwriter alive.



It turned out that Democrats did not come out in the numbers they came out for, for Barack Obama. Five million fewer voters than went for Barack Obama back in 2012. So, what went wrong?

It turned out that Democrats did not come out in the numbers they came out for, for Barack Obama. Five million fewer voters than went for Barack Obama back in 2012. So, what went wrong?



Why would you be given wings if you weren't meant to fly?

Why would you be given wings if you weren't meant to fly?



I feel very much ideologically, politically if you like, and emotionally part of the European cinema.

I feel very much ideologically, politically if you like, and emotionally part of the European cinema.



Cricketers like Jadeja come once in a lifetime, and I am sorry he didn’t play in my time. Could have added a few more cheap wickets to my tally.

Cricketers like Jadeja come once in a lifetime, and I am sorry he didn’t play in my time. Could have added a few more cheap wickets to my tally.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.". Author of this quote is Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams. This quote is about sufism, flexibility, sufis, mind, conditioning,.