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Idries Shah

"Whoever has not first dug a well, should not steal a minaret."

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"Develop a conscience to live by."

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"Those who are men in God's eyes would live and die for the promotion of equity, fairness and impartiality."

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"Let's take it as a "A" and "B" player. What if "A" decide to kill "B", "A" think that "B" is a evil guy... But "B" think that "A" is Evil so...."

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"It is meaningless to rise while leaving others behind! It is also unethical and selfish! If you know the paths to rise, rise altogether with others!"

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"Let thy true religion be to act right."

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"Beastliness means taking that is unrightful [of someone's else right], eating that is unrightful, thinking of accumulating things which is unrightful [not of one's own right]. There is no problem in whatever comes to us rightfully [of which we are worthy of owning it]."

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"When truth and honesty is absent in the nation, it relates not just to the politicians."

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"I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are good people and bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides."

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"Whose vow can you abide by? You can take a vow of an idol, because an idol has no ownership. You can abide by a vow of a living being, provided he is not the owner of his body, however if he is the owner of his body, you cannot take his vow, because one day he will make you stumble."

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"Do not treat others as you would not like to be treated' frees one from hypocrisy. 'Treat others as you would like to be treated' enslaves one with insincerity."

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Idries Shah
"The Sufi saying has it: "God, to the bee, is something which has TWO stings!"

Faith

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Idries Shah
"The task is to learn to live in peace with one's own nature."

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Idries Shah
"Never follow any impulse to teach, however strong it might be. The command to teach is not felt as an impulsion."

Teaching

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Idries Shah
"You will never reach Mecca, I fear: for you are on the road to Turkestan."

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Idries Shah
"The bird which has no knowledge of pure water, has his beak in salt water all year round."

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Idries Shah
"They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time before you and more mistakes behind. I leave you to decide whether this is better than the reverse."

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Idries Shah
"Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction. A human being may be clinically alive and yet, despite all appearances, spiritually dead."

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Idries Shah
"Three things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity. Ali, the Lion of Islam."

Life

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Idries Shah
"A MOTTO OF THE HUMAN RACE: Tell me what to do, but it must be what I want you to tell me."

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Idries Shah
"It is as true as anything else which can be spoken to say that all knowledge is really available everywhere."

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