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The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service

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Idries Shah
Age: 72 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 16
Died: 1996
Died: November 23
Author
Collector Of Fairy Tales
Teacher
Writer
Simla
Arkon Daraul
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Human
Humans
Anywhere
Service
Except

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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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People used to play with toys. Now the toys play with them.
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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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