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It is not only a matter of not caring who knows - it is also a matter of knowing who cares.
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 chicken had his wish, and was magically transformed into a fox. Then he found that he could not digest grain.
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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 laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.
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He that is purified by love is pure and he that is absorbed in the Beloved and hath abandoned all else is a Sufi.Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah.
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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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If you can turn a murderer into a mere thief, you are making progress.
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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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The impatient man is his own enemy he slams the door on his own progress.
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Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.
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Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.
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Anyone can see that an ass laden with books remains a donkey. A human being laden with the undigested results of a tussle with thoughts and books, however, still passes for wise.
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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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When you realize the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge.
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A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.
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The learned person who only talks will never Penetrate to the inner heart of humans.
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When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts.
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If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flattery, gifts, honours. If you want to make a wise man happy - improve yourself!
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The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.
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Effort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.
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