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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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Idries Shah
Age: 72 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 16
Died: 1996
Died: November 23
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Collector Of Fairy Tales
Teacher
Writer
Simla
Arkon Daraul
Credulous
Criticise
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The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.
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Do not try to be humble: learn humility.
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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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Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.
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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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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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A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.
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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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One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.
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The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete.
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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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When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts.
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Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.
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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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