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You are adrift while you still think that a means is an end.
Idries Shah
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Idries Shah
Age: 72 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 16
Died: 1996
Died: November 23
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Effort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.
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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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Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.
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Worry is a cloud which rains destruction.
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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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It is not only a matter of not caring who knows - it is also a matter of knowing who cares.
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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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Right time, right place, right people equals success. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history.
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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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