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Idries Shah

"The barren branches may appear inelegant: They are, to the cook, the means to make his fire."

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Donna Grant

"If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life."

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Donna Grant

"Never go for someone that represents something that is more of a fantasy than reality in this crazy world of lonely people, unless it is for the shortest time possible, and unless you have clearly figured out an exit strategy."

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Donna Grant

"I'm against solutions that are worse than the problem. Like old women who want their hair dyed the color of shoe polish to hide the gray."

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Donna Grant

"It may seem so easy to take it easy but, it is never so easy to take it easy."

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Donna Grant

"Realism can break a writer's heart."

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Donna Grant

"A realist is a slave to reality."

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Donna Grant

"The 'practical' man, as this word is often used, is one who recognizes only the material needs, who realizes that men must have food for the body, but is oblivious of the necessity of providing food for the mind."

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Donna Grant

"Okay, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on reconnaissanse is never wasted. Second, almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. And finally, there is no problem on Earth that can't be ameliorated by a hot bath and a cup of tea."

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Donna Grant

"Women can accept the fact that a man is a rotter, a swindler, a drug taker, a confirmed liar, and a general swine, without batting an eyelash, and without its impairing their affection for the brute in the least. Women are wonderful realists."

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Donna Grant

"Why harrow oneself by looking on the worst side?... Because it is sometimes necessary."

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Idries Shah
"The bowl is warmer than the soup."

Observation

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Idries Shah
"Many people who are in reality dead are walking in the streets, many who are in their graves are in reality alive."

Philosophy

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Idries Shah
"The means through which people may perceive Truth have forms, Truth has no form."

Philosophy

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Idries Shah
"Hazrat Ali, in a saying attributed to him, says: 'Man is in disguise, covered by his tongue'."

Truth

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Idries Shah
"The self is the only thing you can ever truly know."

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Idries Shah
"Everything depends on the right perspective."

Wisdom

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Idries Shah
"To comprehend the world around you, first, comprehend yourself."

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Idries Shah
"To understand, one must first question everything."

Knowledge

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Idries Shah
"The real challenge is to develop the capacity to see the world as it really is."

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Idries Shah
"If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken."

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