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A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.
Idries Shah
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Idries Shah
Age: 72 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 16
Died: 1996
Died: November 23
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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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Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.
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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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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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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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The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.
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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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Do not try to be humble: learn humility.
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Effort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.
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The learned person who only talks will never Penetrate to the inner heart of humans.
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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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If your desire for 'good' is based on greed, it is not good, but greed.
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There is a succession of experiences which together constitute the educational and developmental ripening of the learner, according to the Sufis. People who think that each gain is the goal itself will freeze at any such stage, and cannot learn through successive and superseding lessons.
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