563 Quotes by Idries Shah about Sufism
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Presence and AbsenceA 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.
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Very often, people believe they are doing “significant” things when they merely want an interchange of attention.
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Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaFlattery:One of the most promising of businesses: always brisk.
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For every Pharoah there is a Moses.
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A donkey eats a melon, it remains a donkey
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You yourself are your own barrier – rise from within it.
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Saying of the ProphetThe JudgeA man appointed to be a judge has been killed without a knife.
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Most people, whatever their opinions and protestations, do not want to learn.
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Whoever is to be wise despises himself. Only the ignorant trust their own judgement.
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