Frasi di Nasreddin Khoja

Nasreddin Khoja è una figura favolistica , che la cultura turca vorrebbe vissuta intorno al XIII secolo ad Akşehir e successivamente a Konya, al tempo della dinastia Selgiuchide, ma che, sotto il nome di Guha, ossia Giufà, è presente anche nella favolistica araba-siciliana.

Sarebbe stato un filosofo populista, spesso citato in storielle divertenti e aneddoti.

Molti Paesi e popolazioni del Vicino Oriente, del Medio Oriente e dell'Asia centrale rivendicano la sua "paternità". Il suo nome è declinato in maniera differente a seconda della nazionalità ed è spesso preceduto o seguito da titoli onorifici come "Khoja", "mullā" o "Effendi". Wikipedia  

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Nasreddin Khoja: Frasi in inglese

“Nasrudin, your donkey has been lost.”

"Thank goodness I was not on the donkey at the time, or I would be lost too."
Paul Blenkiron, Stories and Analogies in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (2010), ISBN 047005896X, p. 43

“A man called, wanting to borrow a rope.
"You cannot have it," said Nasrudin.
"Why not?"
"Because it is in use."
"But I can see it just lying there, on the ground."”

"That's right: that's its use."
Idries Shah, The Pleasantries of the Incredible Mulla Nasrudin (1968), ISBN 0525473068, p. 152

“"Nasrudin, your donkey has been lost."
"Thank goodness I was not on the donkey at the time, or I would be lost too."”

Paul Blenkiron, Stories and Analogies in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (2010), , p. 43

“"I can see in the dark."
"That may be so, Mulla. But if it is true, why do you sometimes carry a candle at night?"
"To prevent other people from bumping into me."”

N. Hanif (ed.), Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis: Central Asia and Middle East (2002), , p. 343

“Mulla, Mulla, my son has written from the Abode of Learning to say that he has completely finished his studies!”

"Console yourself, madam, with the thought that God will no doubt send him more."
Idries Shah, The Subtleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasrudin (1973), ISBN 0525473548, p. 134

“Nasruddin, four years ago you were here, and I asked that time also what is your age, and you told me forty years. Now this is absolutely inconsistent – how can you still be forty?”

Nasruddin said, "I am a man of consistency. Once forty, I remain forty always. When I have answered once, I have answered forever! You cannot lead me astray. I am forty, and whenever you ask you will get the same answer."
Osho, And The Flowers Showered (2003), ISBN 817182210X, p. 204