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The secret of Sufism is that it has no secret at all'.
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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Arkon Daraul
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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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The more you look at 'common knowledge', the more you realise that it is more likely to be common than it is to be knowledge. No real knowledge is common.
Idries Shah
Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the veils which have to be dissolved in the mind.
Idries Shah
A man who believes the word of a donkey in preference to my word does not deserve to be lent anything.
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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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The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete.
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History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant.
Idries Shah
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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When you realize the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge.
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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.
Idries Shah
The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.
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The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.
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Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.
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The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.
Idries Shah
If your desire for 'good' is based on greed, it is not good, but greed.
Idries Shah
From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying: 'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment.
Idries Shah
Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.
Idries Shah
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, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.
Idries Shah
When the Higher Man does something worthy of admiration, it is an evidence of his Mastership, not the object of it.
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