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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.

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
Teacher
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Simla
Arkon Daraul
Knowledge
Mind
Time
Dissolved
Veils
Gained

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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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Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.
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The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.
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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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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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Do not try to be humble: learn humility.
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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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