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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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When you realize the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge.
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Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?
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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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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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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.
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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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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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One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts.
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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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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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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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A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.
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