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Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

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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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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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 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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Learn to be as analytical about things of which you are credulous as you are of those which you criticise.
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The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.
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The secret of Sufism is that it has no secret at all'.
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You need not wonder whether you should have an unreliable person as a friend. An unreliable person is nobody's friend.
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If your desire for 'good' is based on greed, it is not good, but greed.
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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 chicken had his wish, and was magically transformed into a fox. Then he found that he could not digest grain.
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