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One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts.

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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The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.
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If you are uninterested in what I say, there's an end to it. If you like what I say, please try to understand which previous influences have made you like it. If you like some of the things I say, and dislike others, you could try to understand why. If you dislike all I say, why not try to find out what formed your attitude?
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The secret of Sufism is that it has no secret at all'.
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Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the veils which have to be dissolved in the mind.
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One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.
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If you can turn a murderer into a mere thief, you are making progress.
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You need not wonder whether you should have an unreliable person as a friend. An unreliable person is nobody's friend.
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Learn to be as analytical about things of which you are credulous as you are of those which you criticise.
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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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