243 Quotes by Idries Shah about Wisdom
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Inner Knowledge -- You want to become wise in one lesson: First become a real human being.
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Opportunity's precious, and time is a sword.
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A man's capacity is the same as his breadth of vision.
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Voice in the nightA voice whispered to me last night: 'There is no such thing as a voice whispering in the night!
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Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaTruthful man:He who is, secretly, regarded by everyone as an enemy.
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To bind one free man with love is better than to release a thousand slaves.
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And there are many people, both Moslem and Christian, who have a good grasp of each others0 conceptions of surrender to God an other principles. But the widespread existence of bias, misinformation and lack of knowledge (…) militate against the effectiveness of dialogue, (…) by the most subtle and one of the most effective of instruments, the subconscious, almost the subliminal, introduction of hostility.
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Generosity is also marked by doing what one says one will do. Saadi teaches: ‘when the generous promise, they perform
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EXPECTATION 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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