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Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?
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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Learn to be as analytical about things of which you are credulous as you are of those which you criticise.
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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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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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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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The secret of Sufism is that it has no secret at all'.
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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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Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.
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