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Idries Shah

"The donkey which brought you to this door must be dismissed if you want to get through it'."

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"The donkey which brought you to this door must be dismissed if you want to get through it'."

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Vera Miles

"It is so hard to leave-until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world."

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Vera Miles

"Clever nations are the ones who keep changing their governments! Because power must change hands otherwise it will get spoiled and rot!"

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Vera Miles

"But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the salary cut if I went to my other love, teaching; and partly because I still have stories to tell, even though it isn't all that fun doing the work anymore."

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Vera Miles

"We fear change because it insists we discard long held structures that no longer function suitably."

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"What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain."

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"It is a great danger for everyone when what is shocking changes."

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Vera Miles

"If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree."

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Vera Miles

"When things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. It's because a little piece gets lost - the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. The whole shape has changed."

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"When our environment changes we change, and this combination of transformative deeds create a synergistic effect. Seemingly, insignificant and imperceptible quantitative changes can eventfully lead to fundamental qualitative changes in the way a group of people function as a society."

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Vera Miles

"Being happy where you are does not mean that you must unquestioningly accept parts of your environment that don't serve you. Where you are is inside of this amazing body, this beautiful moment, this capable mind. Where you are is inside of an eternal opportunity. And sometimes you need to change your environment to remember that."

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Idries Shah
"A loan is the scissors of friendship.A man's own tongue may cut his throat.The cage has no value without the bird."

Friendship

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Idries Shah
"Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests."

Self-Control

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Idries Shah
"Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information."

Judgment

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Idries Shah
"A real secret is something which only one person knows."

Mystery

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Idries Shah
"I ask about the sky, but the answer is about a rope."

Mystery

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Idries Shah
"The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age."

Behavior

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Idries Shah
"When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts."

Future

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Idries Shah
"The impatient man is his own enemy, he slams the door on his own progress."

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Idries Shah
"ServiceI will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages.Rabia el-Adawia."

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Idries Shah
"He discards a quilt for fear of bugs."

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