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People used to play with toys. Now the toys play with them.
Idries Shah
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Idries Shah
Age: 72 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 16
Died: 1996
Died: November 23
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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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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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A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.
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The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.
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When a belief becomes more than an instrument, you are lost. You remain lost until you learn what 'belief' is really for.
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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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It is not only a matter of not caring who knows - it is also a matter of knowing who cares.
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When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts.
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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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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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One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts.
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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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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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Advice is priceless: when it becomes interference it is preposterous.
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When you realize the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge.
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People today are in danger of drowning in information but, because they have been taught that information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be. If they could handle information, they would not have to drown at all.
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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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Effort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.
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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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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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