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"Sufism is, in operation, pragmatic."
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"Idealism that makes no distinction between areas where our national interest lies and those from which it is remote does no good for America. The weariness of the post-Versailles, post-Korea, post-Vietnam eras is never far from the national mood."
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"Honesty is the best policy. But insanity is a hell of a lot more effective in court. So your set, McMullen."
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"I used my history degree about twice a year whether I needed to or not."
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"Pragmatism is good prevention for problems."
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"Grub first, then ethics."
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"Spirituality cannot be an excuse for not making money!!! Just a justification for failure!"
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"Over a lifetime of dealing with difficult women, I have learned it is often better to give into their demands immediately."
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"I've found that lifting the lid with your foot is the most thorough and least gross path to two minutes of peace of mind."
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"Medical researchers don't know much about head lice because they don't much care. The reason that they don't much care is, paradoxically, that they know a lot. That is, they know one important thing: there is no evidence that head lice transmit disease."
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"Her philosophy was, if it had a pulse, it could be killed. I didn't really have a philosophy, but I could see how talking with the school director would be difficult for her. If he said something she didn't like, chopping him to tiny pieces wouldn't exactly help me get into the school."
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"Helping othersI order you to assist any oppressed person, whether he is a Moslem or not."
Justice


"If you cannot laugh frequently and genuinely, you have no soul."
Joy


"EPITAPH OF JALALUDIN RUMI. When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men."
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"...most systems end up by making imagined humility into a form of vanity, so they end up with vanity just the same."
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"Have the nature of a dervish: then wear a stylish cap."
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"Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives."
Decision


"Those who can't, try: those who can, don't have to."
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"The journey is the destination."
Life


"Advice is priceless: when it becomes interference it is preposterous."
Communication


"The process of learning is the process of discovering what really exists."
Knowledge
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