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

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"To probe for unconscious determinants of behavior and then define a man in their terms exclusively, ignoring his overt behavior altogether, is a greater distortion than ignoring the unconscious completely."

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"Vanity dies hard, in some obstinate cases it outlives the man."

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"Marianne had now been brought by degrees, so much into the habit of going out every day, that it was become a matter of indifference to her, whether she went or not: and she prepared quietly and mechanically for every evening's engagement, though without expecting the smallest amusement from any, and very often without knowing, till the last moment, where it was to take her."

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"Don't plead with anyone if you were not at fault, you'll only look inferior, stupid and funny, bolster your ego by doing the undoing."

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"Politeness is organized indifference."

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"You have to first position yourself with the right level of mannerism, before others could see a reason to respect you."

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"As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it."

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"He was the mildest manner'd man That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat."

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"A man in drink can be like a ravening wolf."

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"There is 'Soul' even in other living beings. 'Lion', or 'deer', is the ego, but within them is the Soul. Therefore, if you take into consideration the type of ego of every living being and interact accordingly, your work will get done. A lion cannot be provoked but if you provoke a dog, it will run away."

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