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Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.

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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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Arkon Daraul
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It is not only a matter of not caring who knows - it is also a matter of knowing who cares.
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You are adrift while you still think that a means is an end.
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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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There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse.
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From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying: 'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment.
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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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When you realize the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge.
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The learned person who only talks will never Penetrate to the inner heart of humans.
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One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts.
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History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant.
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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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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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If you can turn a murderer into a mere thief, you are making progress.
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The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service
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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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Advice is priceless: when it becomes interference it is preposterous.
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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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Right time, right place, right people equals success. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history.
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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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