Idries Shah - Time Quotes

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One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.

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If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.

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Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right effort, right time, right people, right materials.

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From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying: 'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment.

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Right time, right place, right people equals success. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history.

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Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.

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