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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.
Idries Shah
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Idries Shah
Age: 72 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 16
Died: 1996
Died: November 23
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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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Worry is a cloud which rains destruction.
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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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You are adrift while you still think that a means is an end.
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Effort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.
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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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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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The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.
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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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The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete.
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Anyone can see that an ass laden with books remains a donkey. A human being laden with the undigested results of a tussle with thoughts and books, however, still passes for wise.
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