Time spent in India has an extraordinary effect on one. It acts as a barrier that makes the rest of the world seem unreal.

— Tahir Shah

To Succeed, you must reach for the stars, and let your imagination find its own path

— Tahir Shah

[T]through bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.

— Tahir Shah

Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship.

— Tahir Shah

Venture to a remote corner of a faraway land and, from the moment you get there, every person and every thing becomes an obstacle, designed to entrap you, to stop you proceeding on your way.

— Tahir Shah

Visit Cape Town and history is never far from your grasp. It lingers in the air, a scent on the breezy, an explanation of circumstance that shaped the Rainbow People. Stroll around the old downtown, and it's impossible not to be affected by the trials and tribulations of the struggle. But, in many ways, it is the sense of triumph in the face of such adversity that makes the experience all the more poignant.

— Tahir Shah

We had the kind of conversations that only great friends can ever share. They were touched with magic.

— Tahir Shah

When I am about to embark on a difficult journey, I comfort myself by reading the accounts of the great nineteenth-century travelers, men like Stanley, Burton, Spoke, Burkhart and Barth.

— Tahir Shah

Where does one go in a tremendous city like Calcutta to find insider information? I recalled India's golden rule: do the opposite of what would be normal anywhere else.

— Tahir Shah

With an enthusiastic team you can achieve almost anything.

— Tahir Shah