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Knowledge is something which you can use. Belief is something which uses you.
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MAN: Kick him-he'll forgive you. Flatter him-he may or may not see through you. But ignore him and he'll hate you
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Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.
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You need not wonder whether you should have an unreliable person as a friend. An unreliable person is nobody's friend.
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Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.
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Idries Shah
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Born:
June 16, 1924
Died:
November 23, 1996
(aged 72)
Known for:
The Sufis (1964)
The Way of the Sufi (1968)
Tales of the Dervishes (1967)
Caravan of Dreams
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