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A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence.
Idries Shah
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Idries Shah
Age: 72 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 16
Died: 1996
Died: November 23
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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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A man who believes the word of a donkey in preference to my word does not deserve to be lent anything.
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When the ignorant have become numerous or powerful enough, they have been referred to by a special name. This names is 'the Wise'.
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When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts.
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The learned person who only talks will never Penetrate to the inner heart of humans.
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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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If your desire for 'good' is based on greed, it is not good, but greed.
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Do not try to be humble: learn humility.
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The impatient man is his own enemy he slams the door on his own progress.
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If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.
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To be obsessed by the idea of freedom, for instance, is itself a form of slavery. Such people are in the chains of the hope of freedom, and are therefore able to do little else than struggle with them.
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But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try, for instance, lifting yourself up by the bootstraps.
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Dramatic. A well developed sense of the dramatic has values beyond what people usually imagine. One of these is to realise the limitations of a sense of the dramatic.
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The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.
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When you realize the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge.
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People today are in danger of drowning in information but, because they have been taught that information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be. If they could handle information, they would not have to drown at all.
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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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Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?
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