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Idries Shah

"The man who knows must discharge a function. The one who does not, cannot arrogate one to himself; he can only try to do so."

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"The man who knows must discharge a function. The one who does not, cannot arrogate one to himself; he can only try to do so."

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"Tens of thousands of God's saints and sufferers through the ages have found their dark nights lightened and tortured souls strengthened because they found help from the Spirit in the Word of God."

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"Pray because Christ died to give us access to the Father. Pray because God is worthy of our praise. Pray because we need His forgiveness, cleansing, guidance, and protection. Pray because others need our prayers."

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"If you ever get a high official position in your country, you must see the interests of the humanity much more important than the interests of your own country; only then you will deserve to be called a great man!"

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"When we are talking about 'Christians' and 'Moslems' we must first make sure that we are talking about people who have an idea, which should be more or less correct, as to what the other is supposed to believe and what he is expected to do as a consequence of that belief."
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"Of whom can we think well when it is believed that if nothing bad is done to you, this has been a kindness?"
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"To be obsessed by the idea of freedom, for instance, is itself a form of slavery. Such people are in the chains of the hope of freedom, and are therefore able to do little else than struggle with them."
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"Christian scholars often say that Sufi theories are close to those of Christianity. Many Moslems maintain that they are essentially derived from Islam. The resemblance of many Sufi ideas to those of several religious and esoteric systems are sometimes taken as evidence of derivation. The Islamic interpretation is that religion is of one origin, differences being due to local or historical causes."
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"If wine is the enemy of religion, I shall devour the enemy of religion."
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"None should say : 'I can trust,' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting or not trusting."
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"BARQI: AESTHETICS IS ONLY THE LOWEST FORM OF PERCEPTION OF THE REAL."
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"One should not pray if that prayer is vanity."
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"The impatient man is his own enemy, he slams the door on his own progress."
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"Things which are seemingly opposed may in fact be working together."
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