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Idries Shah

"People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because it hasn't got the knowledge that would save it, but because nobody will use the knowledge."

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"People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because it hasn't got the knowledge that would save it, but because nobody will use the knowledge."

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Amber Hurdle

"Civilization is a product of the cerebral cortex."

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Amber Hurdle

"What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea."

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Amber Hurdle

"By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else."

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Amber Hurdle

"The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period."

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Amber Hurdle

"Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind."

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Amber Hurdle

"This grimy fragment of another world, the forerunner of change, of conquest, of trade, of massacres, of blessings....the merry dance of death and trade goes on."

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Amber Hurdle

"The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing more."

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Amber Hurdle

"We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others."

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Amber Hurdle

"It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization."

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Amber Hurdle

"Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell."

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Idries Shah
"You cannot change reality by ignoring it."

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Idries Shah
"Words, they say, are the food of minds. But, like other foods, they can do little by themselves."

Communication

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Idries Shah
"The heart of the wise person is a mirror to the world."

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Idries Shah
"You are not responsible for the actions of others, only for your own."

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Idries Shah
"No one is without fault. We can only aim to improve."

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Idries Shah
"If you are not aware, you will not be aware of your lack of awareness."

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Idries Shah
"The quest for knowledge is a process of self-awareness."

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Idries Shah
"It is experience which teaches, not controversy based on supposed logic and assumptions of what is likely to be true."

Experience

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Idries Shah
"The real generosity is when a man does something generous when nobody knows about it."

Generosity

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Idries Shah
"Sufism is always systematised only for limited or transitory periods: because Sufism is primarly instrumental, not for enjoyment or display."

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