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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
Path

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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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The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.
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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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Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information.
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The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.
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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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It is not only a matter of not caring who knows - it is also a matter of knowing who cares.
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Dramatic. A well developed sense of the dramatic has values beyond what people usually imagine. One of these is to realise the limitations of a sense of the dramatic.
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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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