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Idries Shah Quotes

Idries Shah quotes about thinking

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

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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! Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "Enemies are often former or potential friends who have been..."
Enemies are often former or potential friends who have been denied - or think that they have been denied - something. Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't..."
An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't changed, but that other people are behaving worse than before. 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
People who speak or act in an ordinary fashion are most likely to be those who have been the recipients of higher experiences. But because they do not rage around, wild-eyed, people think that they are very ordinary folk and therefore not aware of anything unknown to the general run of man. Idries Shah
People think that they think things, and they also think that they know things. They could usefully give some attention to the question of whether they know what they think and know what they think they know. Idries Shah
Banality is like boredom: bored people are boring people, people who think that things are banal are themselves banal. Interesting people can find something interesting in all things. 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
Idries Shah quote: "You are still adrift while you still think that a means is an..."
You are still adrift while you still think that a means is an end. Idries Shah

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