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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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Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.
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The impatient man is his own enemy he slams the door on his own progress.
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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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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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But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try, for instance, lifting yourself up by the bootstraps.
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