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When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts.
Idries Shah
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Idries Shah
Age: 72 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 16
Died: 1996
Died: November 23
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Like the bat, the Sufi is asleep to 'things of the day' - the familiar struggle for existence which the ordinary man finds all-important - and vigilant while others are asleep. In other words, he keeps awake the spiritual attention dormant in others. That 'mankind sleeps in a nightmare of unfulfillment' is a commonplace of Sufi literature
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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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Effort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.
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The secret of Sufism is that it has no secret at all'.
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It is not important to have said a thing first, or best - or even most interestingly. What is important is to say it on the right occasion.
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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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The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.
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If you can turn a murderer into a mere thief, you are making progress.
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Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?
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If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flattery, gifts, honours. If you want to make a wise man happy - improve yourself!
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Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.
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Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.
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To be obsessed by the idea of freedom, for instance, is itself a form of slavery. Such people are in the chains of the hope of freedom, and are therefore able to do little else than struggle with them.
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History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant.
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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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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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If your desire for 'good' is based on greed, it is not good, but greed.
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The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete.
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The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.
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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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