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Idries Shah Quotes

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Indian Author, Writer June 16, 1924 – November 23, 1996

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It is not important to have said a thing first, or best - or even most interestingly. What is important is to say it on the right occasion. Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "None should say : 'I can trust,' or 'I cannot trust' until he..."
None should say : 'I can trust,' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting or not trusting. Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously..."
From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying:'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment. Idries Shah
The proverb says that 'The answer to a fool is silence'. Observation, however, indicates that almost any other answer will have the same effect in the long run. Idries Shah
A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence. Idries Shah
I have heard all that you have had to say to me on your problems. You ask me what to do about them. It is my view that your real problem is that you are a member of the human race. Face that one first. Idries Shah
When the human being says:'It is not true...'He may mean:'I don't know about it, so I think it is untrue.'Or:'I don't like it. Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "The stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying. It..."
The stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying. It was:'What do you think I am, stupid, or something? Idries Shah
What can you do with a person who says that he is absolutely uncertain about everything, and that he is absolutely certain about that? Idries Shah
You say that this society will come to an end, because societies always have done so. I wonder whether they have ended because they were not really societies at all. Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try,..."
But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try, for instance, lifting yourself up by the bootstraps. Idries Shah

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