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The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete.

Idries Shah

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Idries Shah
Age: 72 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 16
Died: 1996
Died: November 23
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Collector Of Fairy Tales
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To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides.
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The more you look at 'common knowledge', the more you realise that it is more likely to be common than it is to be knowledge. No real knowledge is common.
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Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.
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Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.
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The chicken had his wish, and was magically transformed into a fox. Then he found that he could not digest grain.
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The learned person who only talks will never Penetrate to the inner heart of humans.
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Do not try to be humble: learn humility.
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Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.
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If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.
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If your desire for 'good' is based on greed, it is not good, but greed.
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